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Chicago's Most Elite Lounges and Bars
Curio photo via Michigan Avenue magazine.
From Brendan Sodikoff's Inglorious Basterds-inspired lounge on the lower-level of Gilt Bar to The Office—Chicago's most impossible bar to gain access to—I check out the absolute best hidden bars in the city for Michigan Avenue magazine.
'The Headgear' & Other Burning Questions Answered By The Moto Guys
Moto's Chris Jones. (Photo: Moto)
"I had a very angry streak to me when I first started at Moto," Top Chef contestant Chris Jones tells Metromix. "Moto's a very calm restaurant. We don’t yell, we don’t scream, we don’t fight, we don’t kick. And I did all of those things, so what I started doing is ... wearing some sunglasses on my head ... . It made me feel like I was back on a beach."
That answers the burning question everyone has about "what's up with all the headgear" Jones and his co-worker and former Top Chef competitor Richie Farina sport every week on Bravo's wildly popular culinary show.
Farina adds: "As far as the bandanas and pencils and armbands and all that stuff goes, that's what we wear every day. It wasn’t just stuff for the TV show."
MMX also asked about what they really thought about the unprecedented number of chefs from one city competing on the show:
A Sneak Preview of Bar Toma
Bar Toma's unique Mozzarella Bar. (Photos: 312 Dining Diva)
We slipped into the friends-and-family event Sunday for Bar Toma—it opens today!—and boy was it a scene.
The casual Italian resto helmed by Spiaggia's award-winning Tony Mantuano attracted a number of heavy hitters and newsmakers, namely current Top Chef contestants Heather Terhune (Sable Kitchen & Bar) and Sarah Grueneberg (Spiaggia). The two confessed to 312DD that they've become good friends since appearing on the culinary-driven reality show.
But they didn't come to talk about the show, they came to chow down like everyone else on Mantuano's take on authentic Italian casual fare. Most of the items on the menu were offered that night, so we had the opportunity to check out a number of dishes.
All Eyes On These Fries Around Town
Leopold's lip-smacking, Belgian-style Poutine de Merguez comes with mounds of Nordic Creamery cheese curds and house-made bratwurst. (Photo: Leopold)
I know you just came off an extended weekend of indulging in turkey, stuffing and all the pumpkin pie you could stuff down your face, but the holiday season is only beginning. So just give in, man.
One way to celebrate the next few weeks is by chowing down on the most delicious fries in the city. But not just any fries—we're talking fries that eat like a meal.
From the Pig Face Poutine at Lincoln Park's newest cocktail lounge, Barrelhouse Flat, to sweet potato fries dipped in goat cheese fondue at Uncommon Ground, you'll find the best list of suppery spuds at DiningChicago.com.
Bleeding Heart Now Offering Cocktails, Dinner
Michelle Garcia of Bleeding Heart Bakery (Photo: Bill Lambert)
The new Bleeding Heart Bakery & Cafe's ambitious concept of staying open 57 straight hours 7am Friday-4pm Sunday didn't quite take off, so they've made a few changes.
One of the reasons, according to one of the late-night servers, is because too many dishes felt like breakfast items. On a recent Friday night visit, there were eggs in almost everything, including the fish tacos. The dining room at the West Town spot was also empty.
So the diner menu has been completely revamped and the weekend hours have been cut back 7am-11pm Friday and Saturday.
Here's the newly released menu that's full of dinner-focused items, plus they've added a Mimosa and Bloody Mary to the previously non-alcoholic beverage list.
The Slurping Turtle Opens Nov. 28
Takashi Yagihashi's ramen noodles photo via rachelleb.com
We're pretty enthusiastic fans of Penny's Noodle Shop and Zen Noodles & Sushi, so we've been waiting pretty anxiously for the opening of The Slurping Turtle.
That's Takashi Yagihashi's trendy spot that's finally debuting Nov. 28 in River North. We're expecting big things from the Michelin-starred chef, so we've been stalking the menu in preparation.
Sprout Team To Open Lakeview Spot in 2012
The Sprout kitchen team includes Executive Chef Dale Levitski (second from right) and sous chef Sara Nguyen. (Photo: Sprout)
In October, Sprout's Dale Levitski told 312DD that he was looking to open a second location.
Thursday, he revealed to the Chicago Tribune that the new restaurant is going to be a French-American bistro called frog n snail in Lakeview:
"(Levitski) describes it as French classics with Midwestern sensibilities, with touches of his Eastern European roots. It’ll be a return to roots of sorts, the sort of food he was cooking at Andersonville’s La Tache.
'It’s not a concept that’s reinventing the wheel,' he said. 'My neighborhood needs a French-American bistro.'
'Best Mixologist,' 'Best New Restaurant' Categories Added To Banchet Awards
Josh Pearson of Sepia; Lynn House of Blackbird.
The 15th annual Grand Chefs Gala happens Jan. 27, and one of the highlights will be the Jean Banchet Awards ceremony, which rewards top talent on the local dining scene. But new this year are the "Best Mixologist" and "Best New Restaurant" categories, which should be hotly contested races.
Also new was that for the first time in the award's 11-year history, the nomination process was opened to the public through online voting. The winners will be chosen by all nominees as well as the chefs that participate in the 2012 Grand Chefs Gala.
Here are the nominees:
Something To Hop About . . .
Those into the beer scene will appreciate these events pairing suds with supper (or brunch):
Lincoln Park newcomer 2 Sparrows has already garnered rave reviews for breakfast and lunch, so now they're delving into dinner with the launch of a monthly beer series.
The plan is to highlight prominent breweries throughout the Midwest, and pairing the beers with seasonal and locally sourced dishes from Executive Chef Gregory Ellis. The event debuts Dec. 9 with Finch's Beer Co., with reps from the Chicago-based small-batch brewery on hand to co-host the evening. The event is $60 per person, and reservations can be made at 6, 6:30 and 7pm.
Here's what guests will get:
Country pate and pork rilette (paired with Finch's Cutthroat Pale Ale)
Scallop with crispy pig trotter (Finch's Golden Wing Blond Ale)
Porchetta with a Sunny-Side Egg (Finch's Threadless IPA)
Malted Crepes with blueberry mascarpone (Finch's Smoked Honey Dunkelweiss)
Two more events you don't want to miss:
Big Star vs. Perennial Virant!
Big Star's "Justin Cased" hot dog is on the menu at Franks 'n' Dawgs through November. (Photo: Big Star)
Even more big news for Big Star.
The red-hot taco spot's going head-to-head with Perennial Virant this month in Franks 'n' Dawgs' Iron Dawg Competition. Each restaurant's executive chef has created a signature hot dog, and the one that sells best wins bragging rights.
Happy Anniversary, Big Star!
Tacos from Big Star (Photo: Grant Kessler)
They've got a solid taco menu, dirt-cheap whiskey shots and Honky Tonk tunes to get that head nodding.
That'll be Big Star, which celebrates its second anniversary Wednesday with a blow-out bash.
For the occasion, Three Floyds takes over all the taps, and will feature all their products including the hard-to-get Zombie Dust. Other deals include $2 shots, $2 tacos and a t-shirt designed by artist Tony Fitzpatrick. Oh yeah. Somehow they're squeezing deejays in the mix.
My advice: Get there early . . .
Have a Stress-Free Holiday
If you're like me, you absolutely love holidays like Thanksgiving, but you don't love the idea of cleaning up.
Now, if you're lucky, you'll manage to get yourself invited to someone's house who doesn't mind the cooking and cleaning, but you still have to bring something. That's why I decided to add a few tips on some of the best spots to pick up an item or two.
Or, if you decide to dine out at one of the many restaurants actually open on Turkey Day, I've got you covered there, too.
'Bartender of the Year' Poll Turns Ugly
Eater Chicago launched its second-annual Eater Awards Monday, and boy did it get ugly this time around in the comments section.
Things were pretty routine in categories like Restaurant of the Year and Chef of the Year, but when the poll for Bartender of the Year went live, the comments were so nasty and personal that Eater editor Ari Bendersky had to shut them down in less than 24 hours.
The issue, according to many of the commenters who work in the industry, was that they felt that some of Chicago's best bartenders had been snubbed. Of note were Paul McGee (The Whistler), Josh Pearson (Sepia), Matty Eggleston (Perennial Virant) and Ben Schiller (Boka Restaurant Group)—who actually won last year's contest.
There was also strong opposition against a few of the bartenders who made the list, but hey, it's Eater's poll so they can pick whomever they want.
Who Makes The Best Manhattan in Town?!
Anyone who knows me well knows that you'll make me happy if you put a well-crafted Manhattan in front of me.
That's why I'm bummed that I'll miss the Woodford Reserve Manhattan Experience going down 7pm Monday at Quay.
Guests (it's open to the public for free; RSVP here) will be treated to expertly prepared Manhattans created by some of Chicago's top bartenders, including the likes of Drew Goss (West Town Tavern), Tim Williams (Pour Souls) and Kris von Dopek (Duchamp). But these guys aren't just doing it for fun; they're competing for the chance to go up against a number of mixologists from across the country at the finals in New York.
Padma Recaps 'Top Chef,' More
"Top Chef" judges Tom Colicchio (from left), Padma Lakshmi and Hugh Acheson. (Photo: Bravo)
Other than aria's Beverly Kim joining the five other Chicago chefs as one of the official competitors on Top Chef Texas (whew! and yay!), the second episode was pretty uneventful for our homeboys and girls.
But here's a recap from the show's host/judge Padma Lakshmi, who also tells the chefs about the next challenge that has to do with Mother Effin' Snakes . . .
Hot Chef News You Can Use
Chefs Curtis Duffy (left) and Takashi Yagihashi.
This may sound like a minor thing to you, but when you're a chef with as much clout as former Avenues chef de cuisine Curtis Duffy, it's pretty major.
He tells 312DD that after four grueling months, he's finally settled on a chair for his new restaurant that's scheduled to open in the West Loop next spring. That's right, a chair.
The award-winning toque wouldn't divulge details, but if it took this long to find one, that means it's going to be one helluva chair. He's getting 90 of them custom made, which means they will be ready by the time the restaurant debuts.
Duffy's still keeping a tight lid on the restaurant's name and location, and says that he'll be ready to make a big announcement right after Thanksgiving.
Next Up: Glazed and Infused
Scott Harris (Mia Francesca's, The Purple Pig, Davanti Enoteca and quite a few more restaurants) is now tossing his hat in the doughnut ring, according to a tweet from Chicago magazine's Penny Pollack:
"Mid Jan, Scott Harris joins the doughnut fray & the Fulton Mkt crowd w/Glazed and Infused. Counter, couches, wi-fi, & still 'secret' coffee."
Best Impress-Your-Date Food?!
Japonais' sushi. (Photo via Japonais)
Here's something to hold everyone's attention as they wait on pins and needles for Chicago's second-annual Michelin Bib Gourmand Restaurants to be released Wednesday.
Seamless just announced the winners of the 2011 CRAVED Restaurant Awards, with 15 Chicago spots specializing in delivery getting a nod. Now, what's the best part of this?! Through Saturday, you can get 25 percent off all the winning restaurants.
Here's what won:
Big Week For Big & Little's . . .
Gary Strauss (left) and Tony D'Alessandro at their new Big & Little's location. (Photo: Big & Little's)
In addition to Top Chef co-host Padma Lakshmi throwing props Chicago's way on this season's premiere episode, the Food Network's Guy Fieri is also giving love to one River North spot.
Big & Little's—which boasts as an owner former Hell's Kitchen contestant Tony D'Alessandro—will be featured on Monday's episode of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.
Who's Got The Best Fried Chicken In Town?!
Chicago's Harold's Chicken Shack gets the nod as one of the best fried chicken spots in the country by Food & Wine magazine.
Food & Wine just released its list for the best fried chicken in the country and two Chicago spots made the cut.
On Harold's Chicken Shack, they had this to say:
No More MeatyBalls?!
Chef Phillip Foss and his Meatyballs Mobile truck. (Photo: The Pickled Tongue)
One of the first and most popular food trucks is taking a hiatus.
Meatyballs Mobile chef/owner Phillip Foss tweeted Friday:
"Though humbling & heart breaking to inform, The Meatyballs Mobile will only occasionally 'pop up' going forward."
His reasoning?! Because he wants to focus more attention on his successful, but tiny brick-and-mortar project, EL restaurant, in the Pilsen neighborhood:
"My attention will now be devoted full time to EL ideas venture & unlocking our full potential. Still really sad right now."
Good luck, man!
Nov. 4 is a VERY Big Day!
Koren Grieveson, chef de cuisine at avec. (Photo: Jessica Tampas Photography)
That's because it's the birthday of avec chef Koren Grieveson (didja know she has an identical twin?!).
But there's more big anniversaries on this special day. . .
Heather Terhune Is On A Hot Streak
Sable Executive Chef Heather Terhune. (Photo: Sable Kitchen & Bar)
Sable Kitchen & Bar's Heather Terhune is one of the one fab chefs repping Chicago on this season's Top Chef Texas, and while we're excited about that, she just gave us yet another reason to love her even more.
She's signed on to be November's celebrity guest chef to create a hot dog for America's Dog at all locations in Lincoln Park, Navy Pier and in the Loop.
Padma Praises Chicago 'Top Chef' Contestants
Bravo's Top Chef Texas premiere turned out to be red hot as the competition was seriously turned up with 29 chef-testants fighting to stay in the game.
The twist this season is that only 16 of those chefs would get to remain on the show for the real competition. Six of the chefs hailed from Chicago, and in the opening episode five of them made it to the real competition.
Who made it in?!
New Group Moves Into Old 33 Club Space
The former 33 Club interior will look entirely different when it reopens as a new concept. (Photo: 33 Club)
312DD broke the news of all the drama that went down at the 33 Club in Old Town.
Now here's the latest on that coveted space:
Spiaggia Snags Table Fifty-Two Pastry Chef
Celeste "CeCe" Campise with her pastries. (Photo: Table Fifty-Two)
Congrats are in order for Table Fifty-Two's pastry chef Celeste "CeCe" Campise, who's leaving the upscale Southern-focused restaurant for the Michelin-starred Spiaggia.
"My last day at Table is this Friday," Campise tells 312DD exclusively. "It was tough to leave Art (Smith) because I love him so much, but it's time to move back to the Italian roots!"
This is super exciting news for Spiaggia, which now boasts two talented head female chefs. Campise joins Executive Chef Sarah Grueneberg—who's one of six Chicagoans competing this season on Top Chef Texas.
Looking forward to seeing what she does. I already know that she makes sinfully delicious doughnuts!
Speakeasy, Bottomless Mimosas & More . . .
Some events to get you through the week—and beyond:
Frontier's "speakeasy" event happens every other Wednesday, beginning Nov. 2. That's when you'll get a number of classic Templeton Rye cocktails, including Manhattans and Cherry Smashes for $5. The "speakeasy" part comes in when you RSVP at speakeasychi@gmail.com to get directions on how to enter through a secret door. Live music by Jonathan Marks of Hey Champ and guests will be entered to win a $50 bar tab for every specialty speakeasy cocktail they purchase. 8pm every other Wednesday. No cover.
Seems like everyone's doing a boozy brunch these days. Last week I told you about the $15 bottomless Mimosas at MorSo, and now two more spots are getting in on that action. You can also get them at The Bedford and 25 Degrees every Sunday during brunch hours.
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The long tail of research produces a bulk of scientific knowledge (data and information) though not always researchers have access to large-scale dedicated IT transporting this knowledge.
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Burmese daily newspapers coming: new information minister
Aung Kyi, Burma’s new information minister, on Sunday said newspapers would be able to publish daily from early 2013, bringing in a new information era for Burma.
Aung Kyi told the Myanmar Times, a private English language weekly, that state-owned newspapers would probably be transformed by private sector involvement in the coming months.
“It is my sincere belief that daily [private sector] newspapers are essential for a democratic country,” said Aung Kyi, who replaced a hardliner last week when he was appointed as part of a cabinet reshuffle seen as promoting reformists.
The former labour minister, who acted as the liaison between the government and democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi, said a code of practice should be discussed before changes were made to publication rules for private weekly journals.
He declined to give a firm date for the issuing of daily publication licenses to private sector news groups – many of which have turned to the web to provide up-to-the-minute content for a population hungry for information after years of restrictions – but estimated it could be “early next year,” according to an Agency France Presse article.
"I am sincere in wanting to achieve a comprehensive press media law that meets international standards," he said, suggesting that the new proposed legislation could be delayed to give time for consultation with journalists and experts (See Mizzima’s story today on the Myanmar Journalists Association.)
In August, Burma announced the end of pre-publication censorship, previously applied to everything from newspapers to song lyrics and even fairy tales.
State-owned dailies include the English language, state-backed New Light of Myanmar, which has shown few signs of modernizing since the country began its reforms.
But Aung Kyi said the state publications were in line for “significant changes.”
Reporters jailed under the junta have also been freed from prison and a lighter touch from censors had already seen private weekly journals publish an increasingly spectrum of subject matter, in spite of a spat of suits lately, both by government officials and private citizens and businesses.
Two journals were recently suspended for a fortnight for prematurely printing stories without prior approval from the censors, prompting dozens of journalists to take to the streets in protest.
And the mining ministry is suing a weekly publication that reported the auditor-general's office had discovered misappropriations of funds and fraud in the organization.
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Appeals panel reinstates Wisconsin's voter ID law
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By Patrick Marley and Jason Stein of the Journal Sentinel
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Chicago — A federal appeals panel reinstated Wisconsin's voter ID law Friday, acting with unusual speed eight weeks before the Nov. 4 election and just hours after hearing arguments on the subject.
The move by the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals clears the way for the state to immediately implement the law, though it does not stop the ongoing appeal over whether the measure is constitutional. State officials responded by saying they planned to have the requirement in place this fall.
"The state of Wisconsin may, if it wishes (and if it is appropriate under rules of state law), enforce the photo ID requirement in this November's elections," the judges wrote in an unsigned two-page order.
The appellate court indicated it was satisfied by changes imposed on the law by the Wisconsin Supreme Court in a separate decision this summer.
"This reduces the likelihood of irreparable injury, and it also changes the balance of equities and thus the propriety of federal injunctive relief. The panel has concluded that the state's probability of success on the merits of this appeal is sufficiently great that the state should be allowed to implement its law, pending further order of this court," the judges wrote.
Rick Hasen, a University of California, Irvine law professor and author of the book "The Voting Wars," said it was unusual for an appeals court to allow such a significant change to voting procedures this close to an election.
"Even though the (U.S.) Supreme Court could well agree that Wisconsin's voter ID law is legal, there's a real chance that the (U.S. Supreme) Court could reverse today's 7th Circuit order," Hasen said by email. "The Supreme Court has said that courts should not make changes in the run-up to elections, which can cause voter and election official confusion. The 7th Circuit did not even mention this rule in its order today."
The ruling comes as Republican Gov. Scott Walker, who signed the voter ID law in 2011, finds himself in a tight race with Democrat and former Trek Bicycle Corp. executive Mary Burke. Burke opposes the voter ID law.
The head of the state's election agency said Friday he would do everything possible to get the law back in place in time for the election — something agency officials previously said would be a challenge.
"We are taking every step to fully implement the voter photo ID law for the November general election. We are now focused on communicating with local election officials and voters, and will have more information about the details next week," said Kevin Kennedy, director of the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board.
One of the first issues officials will have to contend with is how to deal with more than 11,800 absentee ballots that have already been sent to voters.
The voter ID law requires most people to submit photocopies of their IDs with their absentee ballots. Absentee ballots that have already been sent did not include instructions to do that because at that time the law was blocked.
That point did not come up during an hour of oral arguments Friday in which those who successfully challenged the voter ID law at trial were treated to tough questioning by the appeals judges.
"We are on the eve of an election," Judge Diane Sykes noted during arguments Friday.
Friday's order was unanimous and reinstates the voter ID law until the panel renders its full decisions. The judges said they were allowing the law to go into effect now because the state was likely to win its arguments that the voter ID law is constitutional.
Joining Sykes in the decision were Judges Frank Easterbrook and John Daniel Tinder. Sykes is a former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice who was appointed to the federal bench by President George W. Bush. Easterbrook was appointed to the appeals court by President Ronald Reagan and Tinder was appointed by Bush.
To vote under the law, people must show poll workers their driver's licenses, state ID cards, passports, limited types of student IDs, military IDs, naturalization certificates or IDs issued by a tribe based in Wisconsin.
The requirement was in effect for a low-turnout primary in February 2012 but soon after was blocked by a series of orders by judges in four lawsuits, two in state court and two in federal court.
U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman in Milwaukee heard the two federal cases together. This April, he ruled the voter ID law placed an unconstitutional burden on the right to vote and violated the federal Voting Rights Act because minorities are less likely than whites to have IDs.
Adelman found some 300,000 people in Wisconsin do not have IDs and determined requiring people to show IDs at the polls would discount far more legitimate votes than fraudulent ones. He concluded voter impersonation — the only kind of fraud the voter ID law would curb — is essentially nonexistent, noting state officials could not cite any examples of it.
During arguments Friday, Sykes called Adelman's decision one that gave the plaintiffs "a whopper" of a remedy that she found "hard to reconcile" with a 2008 U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding Indiana's voter ID law. Easterbrook also questioned how Adelman could render his ruling in light of that decision.
"He took evidence and found the Supreme Court was wrong," Easterbrook said of Adelman.
Since the 2008 U.S. Supreme Court decision, several states have passed voter ID laws, and lawsuits are pending around the country. Legal observers expect the U.S. Supreme Court to eventually weigh in on the issue again.
Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen's aides have defended the law.
"Today's decision is a victory for common sense, fair elections, and the right of every eligible voter to cast a vote that will count," said a statement from the Republican attorney general.
In a telephone interview Friday before the court issued its order, Walker said his administration "absolutely" could implement the ID requirement in time for the election. After the decision came out, he issued a statement that said, "Today's ruling makes it easier to vote and harder to cheat."
The federal lawsuits in Wisconsin were brought by an array of groups and individuals, including the American Civil Liberties Union, Cross Lutheran Church, labor unions and the Wisconsin chapter of the League of United Latin American Citizens. They are being represented in court by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Advancement Project, a national civil-rights group.
The groups said they are considering an appeal of Friday's order.
"We are very disappointed in the irresponsible decision to lift the injunction against voter ID, which will cause chaos and disruption for voters and elections workers for the November election," said a statement from Chris Ahmuty, executive director of the ACLU of Wisconsin. "The state has not demonstrated it is prepared to make this new ID scheme work."
The panel heard the cases less than two months after the Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld the voter ID law in the two state cases. One was decided 5-2; the other 4-3.
Those rulings did not put the voter ID law back in place because of the separate ruling in federal court.
In the more closely divided of the state cases, Wisconsin's high court found the state could not require people to produce documents they had to pay for — such as birth certificates — to get IDs for voting. To do so would amount to an illegal poll tax, the justices found.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court crafted a "saving construction" of state administrative rules to ensure the voter ID law is constitutional and require the state to create a process for people to get IDs even if they don't have birth certificates or other key government documents. In response, state officials this week announced a new system for issuing IDs that will go into effect Monday.
Under that program, people can submit birth information so state officials can check state and federal databases to find records of their birth. The officials will also review baptismal records, school records or other documents for those who were never issued birth certificates.
The state Supreme Court decision and new process for issuing IDs means "the issue of cost is now off the table," Sykes said.
Easterbrook asked the state to provide the court with copies of the new administrative rules, saying he tried to search for them online during Friday's arguments and couldn't find them. The governor approved the rules Thursday and the state submitted them to the court soon after the arguments concluded.
About Patrick Marley
Patrick Marley covers state government and state politics. He is the author, with Journal Sentinel reporter Jason Stein, of "More Than They Bargained For: Scott Walker, Unions and the Fight for Wisconsin.”
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About Jason Stein
Jason Stein covers the state Capitol and is the author with his colleague Patrick Marley of "More than They Bargained For: Scott Walker, Unions and the Fight for Wisconsin." His work has been recognized by journalism groups such as the American Society of News Editors, the Society of American Business Editors and Writers, and the Association of Capitol Reporters and Editors.
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LETTERS October 16 1989
EXODUS OF FANS
It certainly was a magical moment for those in attendance when Nelson Liriano hit a twoout, game-winning hit in the bottom of the 13th (“The myths of autumn,” Cover, Oct. 2). But was the writer really paying attention to the exodus of fans earlier, when the Blue Jays were in a hopeless two-out situation in the bottom of the 10th inning? By the time the game-winning hit was stroked, more than half of the 49,352 fans were sulking in downtown bars. In contrast to what the author states, Toronto lacks a major ingredient of baseball: intelligent and dedicated fans. Indeed, those 49,352 screaming Blue Jays fans were simply a “myth of autumn.”
David J. Kloppenburg, Puslinch, Ont.
You state in “The myths of autumn”: “Never has the game, which some baseball historians say was first played on the grassy fields of sedate gentlemen’s clubs in New York state and Massachusetts more than 150 years ago, been so popular.” A little bit of research would have found that the first recorded baseball game was played in Beachville, Upper Canada, on June 4, 1838. That occurred more than a year earlier than the American game at Cooperstown, N.Y. Caught you reading Yankee information books, eh?
Dale White, Mississauga, Ont.
Larry Grossman’s heckling of Lloyd Moseby struck me as cruel and insensitive (“The view from Section 117,” Cover, Oct. 2). From the man who put the final nails in the coffin of the Ontario Tory dynasty, I would have expected more empathy towards an individual struggling to do a job.
Rick Durst, Toronto
I relished greatly your Oct. 2 baseball issue, but the writer who made special mention of only two Class AAA leagues—the American Association and the International League, both U.S.based—should be benched or placed on waivers. His essay ignored completely the Class AAA Pacific Coast League—the only Triple A league in North America with three flourishing Canadian franchises. Supporters of the Edmonton Trappers, the Calgary Cannons and the Vancouver Canadians are not amused by this glaring omission. Please remind your sports •writers that there actually is life west of Toronto.
Senator Ray Perrault, Honorary Chairman, Vancouver Canadians Baseball, Vancouver
‘FUTILE PROJECT’
In response to the article about Hilary Weston and Nicole Eaton, who conspired to write a critical book about gardens in Canada and England (“Backyard pride,” People, Oct. 2): So what? Does it really matter? I do not understand how “frustration” and “anger”
could have prompted these two prominent socialites to write a book about the gardens across Canada and to make a comparison with the celebrated backyards of England. What a useless and futile project. How about writing about the more pressing and urgent matters of the day?
Pearl Taylor, West Hill, Ont.
CONDOM SENSE
Things will not change until the sexologists, the teachers, the manufacturers and the advertisers modify the current emphasis on the use of condoms to prevent disease. They should take a lesson from the purveyors of cigarettes, who developed the approach to a fine art. Young people do not expect to get pregnant or to develop a life-threatening sexually transmitted disease. That happens to one’s acquaintances, not to oneself. I’m old-fashioned enough to recommend abstinence as a first choice, but practicalities must be faced, and one of these is that times are changing.
Donald I. Shade, Petawawa, Ont.
Letters are edited and may be condensed. Writers should supply name, address and telephone number. Mail correspondence to: Letters to the Editor, Maclean’s magazine, Maclean Hunter Bldg., 777 Bay St., Toronto, Ont. M5W1A7.
HIGH TUITIONS NO ANSWER
Your article on Canadian universities was telling (“The rising crisis,” Special Report, Sept. 18). Public universities should not have to rely on private donations and exorbitant tuition fees to operate—that is the business of the private university. If the present funding trend is not turned around, Canada will find more and more of its brightest minds leaving for the United States, where academic achievement is rewarded by high funding, updated facilities, and high-quality teaching and research. As an alumna of the University of Saskatchewan presently doing graduate work at Columbia University, I have chosen to stay in the United States to receive a good education.
Heather Selin, New York City
Your report depicted horrendously low Canadian tuition fees when compared with American fees. But comparing private U.S. institutions with public Canadian institutions is useless, as the funding structures are completely different. A comparison between Canadian and U.S. public institutions should have been used. In 1984-1985, tuition and other fees at the University of Toronto were $2,042, while tuition at the publicly funded University of California in Los Angeles was $3,891—not so large a difference as that passed off as the norm in your report. The problem in Canada is a lack of adequate government support. In 1984-1985, U of T received $7,740 in government grants per full-time student while UCLA received $15,382 per student. To blame the underfunding crisis on low tuition fees is ridiculous.
Bryan Leblanc, Researcher,
McMaster University Students Union Inc.,
DISCRIMINATORY MEDIA
I must protest the bias of your reporting on the hostage crisis in the Middle East (“Hostages to terror,” Cover, Aug. 14). While playing down Israel’s kidnapping of Sheik Abdel Kareem Obeid, you go all out to depict the Arabs as gun-toting terrorists, with photos to prove it. But we should be much more upset by a nation resorting to terrorism than by the terrorism of fundamentalist hotheads like the Hizbollah. The despair of the Palestinian people produces Arab terrorism, and that despair comes from the fact that they are a people we would like to forget. Concern for human rights is credible only when it speaks out equally for all individuals, all people. Discrimination such as you and most of the Western media practise makes all your moral protests suspect and sham.
Henry Beissel, Alexandria, Ont.
I felt sad when I started reading your article about Ben Johnson (“Starting over,” Sports, Sept. 18) but was happy when I read in the last paragraph that Johnson would run again—without drugs. Many Canadians will be even more interested in watching his next race and wishing him good luck.
Margaret Mastín, Montreal
Tell the truth and we will strip you of your medals and cancel your records. What an intelligent decision. The International Amateur Athletic Association could not have made a more calculated decision to promote dishonesty in sport. What about the dozens of medals and records acquired by other countries? For a certainty, Canada was not the only winner of drug-assisted medals at the Olympics.
L. Elmer Hansen,
Tsawwassen, B.C.
BILINGUAL DILEMMA
In your article “Linguistic backlash” (Canada, Aug. 28), you have once again labelled the New Brunswick Confederation of Regions party anti-bilingual. Not so. The COR is not opposed to bilingualism where numbers and circumstances so warrant. The broad-brush application of official bilingualism is at issue in this province. Should another province—Ontario, for example—adopt official bilingualism, Ontarians would be aware of what is actually involved in legislated language discrimination. Its effect on employment, advancement and other aspects of restricted economic activity would be a rude awakening to all.
Cyril J. Farrell, Riverview, N.B.
While Quebec Premier Robert Bourassa restricts the use of English, New Brunswick Premier Frank McKenna promotes the use of both of Canada’s official languages. Pity that neither our Prime Minister nor his Quebec lieutenant will follow McKenna’s leadership on this issue.
Bruce MacMillan, West Hill, Ont.
INEFFECTIVE STRATEGY
If the United States is serious about the problem of cocaine (“Andean strategy,” World, Sept. 18), why do they not look at how people have turned away from tobacco? The use of that drug is on the decline, and not a single shot has been fired. Stiffer penalties and government meddling only increase drug use. Maybe next we will see a picture of Bush holding a bag of “the deadly AIDS virus” as he explains his plans to send troops to San Francisco to stop the spread of that disease.
Dan Morin, Calgary
SCHOOL OF THE FUTURE?
Thanks for a making a success of my day substituting for a junior-high-school science and computer teacher. “A day in the year 2060” (Cover, Sept. 11) sparked student interest, and their responsiveness was gratifying. The single flaw in the cover package was your choice of Marilyn Monroe’s holographic image in “Fantastic hardware.” I’ll reserve the paradox of technological complexity and overly simplified life implied by that choice for future classroom reference.
Catherine Whitney, Bridgetown, N.S.
DEBATING THE GST
It boggles the mind that this country is seriously considering the imposition of a comprehensive Goods and Services Tax when there is so little to commend such a measure (“A looming tax revolt,” Canada, Aug. 21). Spending excesses at all levels of government need to be pruned, and part of the millions earmarked for the introduction of the GST should be directed instead to eliminating loopholes in the income-tax system. The government has indicated that it will spend millions of dollars to “educate” the public on the wisdom of introducing the GST. It is about time that the public educates the government on the folly of doing so.
G. Ronald Knight, Victoria
We have brought on the GST with years of irresponsible spending. We have supported expensive institutions like the Governor General, the Senate and the CBC, and they have returned little value. We have placated hundreds of special-interest groups with no regard for the taxpayer and have wasted millions on ineffective programs. There should be no GST exemptions until we learn our lesson and cut spending.
Keith Shanahan, Calgary
INDEPENDENT PROTEST
In “Risky business” (Canada, Sept. 11), you refer to my remarks on federal Environment Minister Lucien Bouchard’s decision concerning the Rafferty Dam project in Saskatchewan. You stated that I am affiliated with the New Democratic Party. I am not. Nor is the group I speak for, Stop Construction on the Rafferty-Alameda Project. The incorrect political connection might detract from the strength of my statement condemning Bouchard.
Roderick E. MacDonald, Radville, Sask.
The passions of fall ball
October 1989 By BARRY CAME
OPENING NOTES
October 1989 By PAUL KAIHLA
LOOKING FOR A BETTER LIFE
The ball sits in Ottawa’s court
October 1989 By CHARLES GORDON
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MAHABHARATA, BOOK 08: KARNA PARVA
Sanjaya said, Thus addressed by Yudhishthira, Kunti's son owning white steeds, filled with rage, drew his sword for slaying that bull of Bharata's race. Beholding his wrath, Keshava, conversant with the workings of the human heart said, Why, O Partha, dost thou draw thy sword? I do not, O Dhananjaya, behold anyone here with whom thou hast to fight! The Dhartarashtras have now been assailed by the intelligent Bhimasena. Thou comest from battle, O son of Kunti, for seeing the king. The king has been seen by thee. Indeed, Yudhishthira is well. Having seen that tiger among kings who is endued with prowess equal to that of a tiger, why this folly at a time when thou shouldst rejoice?
I do not see here, O son of Kunti, the person whom thou mayst slay. Why then dost thou desire to strike? What is this delusion of thy mind? Why dost thou, with such speed, take up that formidable sword? I ask thee this, O son, of Kunti! What is this that thou art about, inasmuch as, O thou of inconceivable prowess, thou graspest that sword in anger Thus addressed by Krishna, Arjuna, casting his eyes on Yudhishthira, and breathing like an angry snake, said unto Govinda, I would cut off the head of that man who would tell me Give thy Gandiva to another person Even this is my secret vow. Those words have been spoken by this king, O thou of immeasurable prowess, in thy presence, O Govinda! I dare not forgive them.
I will for that slay this king who himself fears the slightest falling from virtue. Slaying this best of men, I will keep my vow. It is for this that I have drawn the sword, O delighter of the Yadus. Even I, slaying Yudhishthira, will pay off my debt to truth. By that I will dispel my grief and fever, O Janardana. I ask thee, what do you think suitable to the circumstances that have arisen? Thou, O sire, knowest the entire past and future of this universe. I will do what thou wilt tell me Sanjaya continued, Govinda then said, Fie, fie unto Partha and once more continued to say, I now know, O Partha, that thou hast not waited upon the old, since, O tiger among men, thou hast yielded to wrath at a time when thou shouldst not have done so. No one that is acquainted with the distinctions of morality would act in the way, O Dhananjaya, in which thou, O son of Pandu, that art unacquainted with them, art acting today!
He, O Partha, is the worst of men who committeth acts that should not be done and doeth acts that are apparently proper but condemned by the scriptures. Thou knowest not the decisions of those learned men who, waited upon by pupils, declare their opinions, following the dictates of morality. The man that is not acquainted with those rulings becomes confounded and stupefied, O Partha, even as thou hast been stupefied, in discriminating between what should be done and what should not. What should be done and what should not cannot be ascertained easily. Everything can be ascertained by the aid of the scriptures. Thou, however, art not acquainted with the scriptures. Since believing thyself conversant with morality, thou art desirous of observing morality in this way, it seems thou art actuated by ignorance. Thou believest thyself to be conversant with virtue, but thou dost not know, O Partha, that the slaughter of living creatures is a sin. Abstention from injury to animals is, I think, the highest virtue. One may even speak an untruth, but one should never kill.
How then, O foremost of men, couldst thou wish, like an ordinary person, to slay thy eldest brother, the King, who is conversant with morality? The slaughter of a person not engaged in battle, or of a foe, O Bharata who has turned his face from battle or who flies away or seeks protection or joins his hands or yields himself up or is careless, is never applauded by the righteous. All these attributes are in thy superior. This vow, O Partha, was adopted by thee before from foolishness. In consequence of that vow thou art now, from folly, desirous of perpetrating a sinful act. Why, O Partha, dost thou rush towards thy reverend superior for slaying him, without having resolved the exceedingly subtle course of morality that is, again, difficult of being understood? I will now tell thee, O son of Pandu, this mystery connected with morality, this mystery that was declared by Bhishma, by the righteous Yudhishthira, by Vidura otherwise called Kshatri, and by Kunti, of great celebrity. I will tell thee that mystery in all its details. Listen to it, O Dhananjaya! One who speaks truth is righteous.
There is nothing higher than truth. Behold, however, truth as practised is exceedingly difficult to be understood as regards its essential attributes. Truth may be unutterable, and even falsehood may be utterable where falsehood would become truth and truth would become falsehood. In a situation of peril to life and in marriage, falsehood becomes utterable. In a situation involving the loss of one's entire property, falsehood becomes utterable. On an occasion of marriage, or of enjoying a woman, or when life is in danger, or when one's entire property is about to be taken away, or for the sake of a Brahmana, falsehood may be uttered. These five kinds of falsehood have been declared to be sinless. On these occasions falsehood would become truth and truth would become falsehood. He is a fool that practises truth without knowing the difference between truth and falsehood. One is said to be conversant with morality when one is able to distinguish between truth and falsehood.
What wonder then in this that a man of wisdom, by perpetrating even a cruel act, may obtain great merit like Valaka by the slaughter of the blind beast? What wonder, again, in this that a foolish and ignorant person, from even the desire of winning merit, earns great sin like Kausika living among the rivers Arjuna said, Tell me, O holy one, this story that I may understand it, viz, this illustration about Valaka and about Kausika living among rivers Vasudeva said, There was a certain hunter of animals, O Bharata, of the name of Valaka. He used, for the livelihood of his son and wives and not from will, to slay animals. Devoted to the duties of his own order and always speaking the truth and never harbouring malice, he used also to support his parents and others that depended upon him. One day, searching for animals even with perseverance and care, he found none. At last he saw a beast of prey whose sense of smell supplied the defect of his eyes, employed in drinking water. Although he had never seen such an animal before, still he slew it immediately. After the slaughter of that blind beast, a floral shower fell from the skies upon the head of the hunter.
A celestial car also, exceedingly delightful and resounding with the songs of Apsaras and the music of their instruments, came from heaven for taking away that hunter of animals. That beast of prey, having undergone ascetic austerities, had obtained a boon and had become the cause of the destruction of all creatures. For this reason he was made blind by the Self-born. Having slain that animal which had resolved to slay all creatures, Valaka went to heaven. Morality is even so difficult of being understood. There was an ascetic of the name of Kausika without much knowledge of the scriptures. He lived in a spot much removed from a village, at a point where many rivers met. He made a vow, saying, I must always speak the truth' He then became celebrated, O Dhananjaya, as a speaker of truth. At that time certain persons, from fear of robbers, entered that wood where Kausika dwelt.
Thither even, the robbers, filled with rage, searched for them carefully. Approaching Kausika then, that speaker of truth, they asked him saying, O holy one, by which path have a multitude of men gone a little while before? Asked in the name of Truth, answer us. If thou hast seen them, tell us this. Thus adjured, Kausika told them the truth, saying, Those men have entered this wood crowded with many trees and creepers and plants. Even thus, O Partha, did Kausika give them the information. Then those cruel men, it is heard, finding out the persons they sought, slew them all. In consequence of that great sin consisting in the words spoken, Kausika, ignorant of the subtilities of morality, fell into a grievous hell, even as a foolish man, of little knowledge, and unacquainted with the distinctions of morality, falleth into painful hell by not having asked persons of age for the solution of his doubts. There must be some indications for distinguishing virtue from sin. Sometimes that high and unattainable knowledge may be had by the exercise of reason.
Many persons say, on the one hand, that the scriptures indicate morality. I do not contradict this. The scriptures, however, do not provide for every case. For the growth of creatures have precepts of morality been declared. That which is connected with inoffensiveness is religion. Dharma protects and preserves the people. So it is the conclusion of the Pandits that what maintains is Dharma. O Partha, I have narrated to you the signs and indications of Dharma. Hearing this, you decide whether Yudhishthira is to be slaughtered by you or not Arjuna said, Krishna, your words are fraught with great intelligence and impregnated with wisdom.
Thou art to us like our parents and our refuge. Nothing is unknown to thee in the three worlds, so thou art conversant with the canons of morality. O Keshava of the Vrishni clan, thou knowest my vow that whoever among men would tell me, Partha, give thy Gandiva to some one braver than you' I shall at once put an end to his life. Bhima has also made a promise that whoever would call him tularak, would be slaughtered by him there and then. Now the King has repeatedly used those very words to me in thy presence, O hero, viz, Give thy bow' If I slay him, O Keshava, I will not be able to live in this world for even a moment. Having intended again the slaughter of the king through folly and the loss of my mental faculties, I have been polluted by sin. It behoveth thee today, O foremost of all righteous persons, to give me such counsel that my vow, known throughout the world, may become true while at the same time both myself and the eldest son of Pandu may live Vasudeva said, The king was fatigued, and under the influence of grief, He had been mangled in battle by Karna with numerous arrows. After that, O hero, he was repeatedly struck by the Suta's son with his shafts, while he was retreating from battle.
It was for this that, labouring under a load of sorrow, he spoke those improper words unto thee in wrath. He provoked thee by those words so that thou mightest slay Karna in battle. The son of Pandu knows that the wretched Karna is incapable of being borne by any one else in the world save thee. It was for this, O Partha, that the king in great wrath said those harsh words to thy face. The stake in the game of today's battle has been made to lie in the ever alert and always unbearable Karna. That Karna being slain, the Kauravas would necessarily be vanquished. Even this is what the royal son of Dharma had thought. For this the son of Dharma does not deserve death. Thy vow also, O Arjuna, should be kept. Listen now to my counsels that will be agreeable to thee, to counsels in consequence of which Yudhishthira without being actually deprived of life may yet be dead.
As long as one that is deserving of respect continues to receive respect, one is said to live in the world of men. When, however, such a person meets with disrespect, he is spoken of as one that is dead though alive. This king hath always been respected by thee and by Bhima and the twins, as also by all heroes and all persons in the world that are venerable for years. In some trifle then show him disrespect. Therefore, O Partha, address this Yudhishthira as thou' when his usual form of address is your honour' A superior, O Bharata, by being addressed as thou' is killed though not deprived of life. Bear thyself thus, O son of Kunti, towards king Yudhishthira, the just. Adopt this censurable behaviour, O perpetuator of Kuru's race! This best audition of all auditions, hath been declared by both Atharvan and Angiras. Men desiring good should always act in this way without scruples of any kind.
Without being deprived of life a superior is yet said to be killed if that venerable one is addressed as thou' Conversant with duty as thou art, address king Yudhishthira the just, in the manner I have indicated. This death, O son of Pandu, at thy hands, king Yudhishthira will never regard as an offence committed by thee. Having addressed him in this way, thou mayst then worship his feet and speak words of respect unto this son of Pritha and soothe his wounded honour. Thy brother is wise. The royal son of Pandu, therefore, will never be angry with thee. Freed from falsehood as also from fratricide, thou wilt then, O Partha, cheerfully slay the Suta's son Karna
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Caprica -- Who's Watching?
Post subject: Re: Caprica -- Who's Watching?
The virtual world is nice... looks also "retro-futurist", à la Blade Runner (zeppelins). The story seems sometimes very different from BSG... and sometimes simply too soapish. Like it hesitates between genres.
Let me guess: of course Zoe/Robot isn't destroyed. Tyrell Graystone's wife maybe only fell into water under the bridge. And poor Papadama will maybe see Tamara again, after all?
I watched all eps in a row. I found if far better than expected/feared. Even if far from perfect. Virtual world à la Blade Runner but less gloomy. Doesn't give the same depressing feeling.
BTW I've re-watched season 4.5. and I discovered a reference to STO in 'Islanded in a Stream of Stars' I hadn't notice the first time I saw it.
Jack Raby wrote:
Virtual world à la Blade Runner but less gloomy. Doesn't give the same depressing feeling.
Ah yes, the streets...
I still can hear the don't walk - don't walk... , pass now - pass now... ,
& also move on - move on... (From the Police spinners)
Virtual World is my favorite pat of Caprica. Love the Blimp of Death!
Well, a few months late in getting to this topic. Sorry.
I liked the first half of the season. I like the idea of a genius teenager (actually two teenagers, if you count Tamara) as the prototype cylon mind. Explains so much about the anger.
I, too, would like to see Grace Park appear in a decent role. But I do love that this program has strong female characters, too (even if the two primary adult ones are each a little nuts). I'm hoping Amanda and Clarice will have a little more depth in the second half of the season.
I'm fascinated to learn much of Admiral Adama's morality came from his Uncle Sam the mob enforcer.
The V-World is great.
And I love that there's not a single lovable character in the show. The storylines themselves have been strong enough to hold my interest, as it should be. The only shipping in this show, so far, involves sending cargo off-world.
Scrawny71
arial wrote:
Yeah, it explains a lot.
No lovable characters? What Serge and Caesar/Jake? And doesn't Zoe-A's predicament strike you as a littleBoomerish?
I think that Caprica has the potential to be a better-realised cousin of BSG. The acting is just as good, Bear McCreary's music is fantastic and the whole "mood piece" vibe sits well here as compared to the end of BSG. I also think that Jane Espenson's considerable talent will prove to be better employed here than on the other show.
Oh, my bad! Of course I love Serge and Caesar/Jake. I shouldn't have discounted them just because they're not human characters. However, Serge could still end up a key cylon player (not that I'd blame him, given the lack of respect from the humans).
In some ways, ZoeA's predicament is like Boomer's, but Zoe chose to be involved with a fringe group and made her own avatar to benefit that group, whereas Boomer had her programming "adjusted" by Cavil before BSG began (that none of the other Numbers "remembered" about their "parents," the Final Five shows that), so one bears some responsibility for her own fate, while the other never got to think about it first. In all honesty, I'm having a problem deciding where Zoe leaves off and ZoeA becomes a separate entity, belief-wise. But ZoeA does sometimes seem like an innocent caught up in things beyond her understanding.
Love Bear's music in this series just as much as in BSG. In this one he gets to show a little more of his romantic side.
I think this is a better fit for JE, but worry that she may have too much on her plate, with her being the co-creator of Warehouse 13. (I didn't realize that until this week )
That kind of faded out in the last few episodes. Just too much on the plate?
I guess I've found Caprica uneven so far. It seems to be trying to establish a bunch of pieces without a strong narrative hook, which is risky. I thought the best episode was the one where Tamara and that guy explored the V-world. It had a clear sense of focus on one piece that some episodes simply lack.
I'm curious whether the final episode indicated a real change of pace, or whether it will revert to form. By that, I mean is Amanda really dead or the ZOE plot-line going to fundamentally alter? If so, perhaps that shakeup we read about had a dramatic effect of some kind. If not, then it might just be more of a tonal thing.
It will be interesting to see if it finds a rhythm, and if it can do well enough when it comes back to garner renewal.
In all honesty, I'm having a problem deciding where Zoe leaves off and ZoeA becomes a separate entity, belief-wise.
That would an interesting topic for the show to really bore into. I'd like to see that more than the computer dating routine.
Scrawny71 wrote:
So how's it going? Did Caprica air the same time in Europe, or was there a delay?
NT2 wrote:
It was ten or eleven days behind to start with, but then the Stateside broadcast apparently had a week-long hiatus while we didn't. I'm looking forward to more discussion on it when it returns.
sunshine_alien
I agree that the whole "mood piece" vibe works better with Caprica than it did on Galactica. That said, I also think Caprica hasn't found its stride yet. I've yet to see much that really compares with the first two seasons of Galactica.
I hope it picks up in September. If it does wind up getting cancelled, I'd like to miss it.
I'm not so wild about Little Bill at present, but I do like "gay uncle hit man," as a friend calls him.
S2 has started. I think the two first episodes are pretty bad. It seems the writers, once again, really don't know what to do with this story. Caprica isn't worth a second season imho.
Actually, I thought the last episode was pretty good...one of the best so far. It managed to convey a sense of dread, which reminded me of BSG in a way.
Caprica iz dead.
http://www.deadline.com/2010/10/syfy-cancels-caprica/
It's over for Syfy's Battlestar Galactica prequel Caprica. The cable network said today that it will be pulling the show off the schedule effective immediately. The final five episodes of the sci-fi saga will air in the first quarter of 2011 and will mark the end of the series' one-season run.
Can't say I'm sad...
The cable network just greenlighted a two-hour pilot for Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome, about the young years of Ensign William Adama, which hails from Battlestar Galactica exec producer David Eick.
I guess this will look like TOS-Battlestar.
Look here for links about that.
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Podcast v broadcast...radio is the sound salvation, radio is cleanin' up the nation...
Podcasting then. The word on everyone's lips...tick is you're dedicated...you may not be an old fashioned girl but you're gonna get....oops! It's a Costello attack! Switch Elvis off, quick!
What was I saying? Oh yes, podcasting. I was astounded to hear that the Daily Telegraph now has a Podcast Editor. There was a discussion on today's Radio Cafe , dealing with the subject that is currently exercising the BBC more than somewhat, and two things emerged for me:
One is the glaring fact that you can't, at the moment, podcast copyright music. This means that, ludicrously, the much-vaunted Chris Moyles podcast is just Moyles and his posse talking, slagging off listeners etc. No music. Does anyone think this is a Good Thing?
You can get non-copyright music podcasts, mostly demos, some of which are not bad at all. However, the big breakthrough for podcasting has to be the day agreements are struck with the moronic, lumbering, self-serving money-grubbing thickos of the record companies so that we can hear artists we know and love...on demand.
Ah yes, that was the second thing that came out of the Radio Cafe item: a definition of a podcast as "radio with a pause button." And suddenly, if you'll pardon the expression, it all clicked. Podcasting. I've been doing it since I was 16. Or listening to podcasts, at least. Ever since my dad gave me his old Grundig reel-to-reel in 1973.
Hmm...those tapes of Paul Gambaccini, John Peel, Johnny Walker and Radio One In Concert. True, the Grundig was just a little bigger than an iPod (size of large suitcase) but there it was - radio I could listen to anytime I wanted. And I didn't have to buy the records. Hey, what's all this home-taping-is-killing-music guff?
(Can I suggest some t-shirts, by the way, reading as follows: DOWNLOADS - killing the music business...SAVING MUSIC!)
Anyway, the point about my old recordings (soon to be replaced by numerous cassettes of radio shows, many of which I still have, Mr Policeman) is that they were interesting, entertaining, fun...but not radio.
Radio cannot be paused. Radio is not for and at your convenience. Radio is what it is, or ought to be: live, fleeting, impermanent, evanescent. Sure, the BBC do Listen Again on the net, streaming not podcasting, and that's fair enough. But the point is The Moment. What you were doing when you heard THAT RECORD, where you were going, who you were with. The straining to take part in that competition, phoning, texting...the sense of momentary community when the presenter says something that's...that's just right. Or all wrong (phone in, sort him out) Or painfully funny. Or painful. Or tells you a story you have to hear to the end, despite having parked up for too long, being behind with the ironing, having to go get the kids from school. Miss, it...well. Nowadays it's not quite gone. But it's gone for The Moment. And so is the invisible community you're listening to it with - the other people, your fellow listeners.
Radio is what I do, mostly. The way I've tried to explain my vision of it is...as telling stories around a campfire. Or you're round at my house, we're having a few drinks, coffee, I'm hauling records old and new out, playing them, telling you about this, that and the other, the movies I've been to see, books I've read. Nonsense. The dogs. The motorbikes. And who's this with the guitar? Hell, Evan Dando...fancy doing a few songs for us? Us. Not just me and my earphones. US!
Yes, later you can download it. Later you can take it out cycling or running or commuting and listen to it. But that's not radio. That's reliving an experience which happened, live, some other time, and was collective. That's playback. You can listen again to The Moment. But you can't be IN it.
As podcasting gets a grip - and it will - the focus on 'traditional' radio will become ever more about the live nature of the beast, the need for community, the sense of life lived in real time having some kind of objective soundtrack. Out there, to be captured, received. Momentarily.
The Great Vicious Beasts of Hillswick Prepare to Savage Trespassers And Tear Them Limb from Limb
Err...That's Lulu on the left, and Lucy on the right.Mess with them and they will slobber you to within an inch of your laundry.
Springsteen in a Citroen...
There was a time when...well, when Darkness on the Edge of Town and Tunnel of Love seemed to be the only things between me and oblivion. Born in the USA, too, was an extraordinary soundtrack to one of the most difficult periods of my life, though it was harder to love, in its big-time populism. Then there's Nebraska, it's murky, twilit vignettes of failure, fear and frustration out in the backroads of middle America.
I saw Springsteen and the E Street Band, at St James's Park in Newcastle, 20 years ago. It was overwhelmingly emotional, moving, joyous. No single artist has ever meant so much to me.
And yet... and yet...in my (and his) later years I've kind of lost the unswerving faith I once had in The Boss. So much earnest craft, so little inspiration. Devils and Dust, The Rising - worthy but overworked, so...dull. And the reunited E-Street Band - self-satisfied, indulgent, crass, even , at times...at least on the Live In Somewhere Outrageously Huge DVD I still have.
I bought Tracks, the 1998 four-CD collection of Springsteen outtakes, on a whim, on the rebound from Belle and Sebastian's whimsy and because it was seven quid on eBay. Good grief.
I drove out to Collafirth Hill, the roof of Shetland, to the sound of the second CD, mostly stuff from the Darkness/River/Born in the USA period. And it was shattering to realise how good these discarded songs were. Breathtaking. Bootleg classicslike Roulette, Living on the Edge of the World and Johnny Bye Bye. the original demo of Born in the USA -stark, dark. Stunning to appreciate how much work, how much editing and sifting went into the 'official' Springsteen releases. And so very emotional to be taken back to that time, when there was a spot out near Abram's Bridge....and a darkness on the edge of town.
I've since listened to the entire 66-song package. And while there's some mediocre stuff there, the quality is simply astounding. And to hear these songs for the first time is...rejuvenating. Especially in a week when I'm listening to music for pleasure, and not for business. It's great to rediscover the thrill and the power of it all.
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Aberdeen and its myriad delights...a tie in an unexpected location...the end of an era for cyclists...and the truth about the Patio Hotel
Here I am back in grey, misty, cold, wet, blustery and on the
whole rather dreich Shetland, and yesterday saw me driving almost 200 miles in the service of the junior members of the clan.
Saturday morning music club in Lerwick as soon as I got in, then the shopping, then lunch, then back home, then Magnus to the boat so he can attend the glorious institution that is Glasgow University, then home for a couple of glasses of special Chilean anti-oxidant wine, which...as it comes from Chile, is especially good at killing off free radicals (sorry, tasteless medico/political joke).
Anyway, back from Aberdeen (ANOTHER force eight, bow-on-to-the-weather nasty, only an hour late this time), and can you spot the school tie (actually, two tied together) high in this tree in one of Aberdeen's rather nice west-end gardens? What does it signify? Who knows?
I did a lot of walking this trip, and it must be said that Castle Greyskull is a fine city for perambulation: The hills are long and gradual (which makes them bad for cycling) and the compact-and-bijou nature of Aberdeen makes it easy to get from one side to the other; or around it if you prefer. Plus, Aberdeen has rivers, a proper beach (the only real Jersey-boardwalk Atlantic-City-type City in Scotland, not necessarily a good thing) great cafes (try the Baker's Pantry at the bus station or the legendary Inversnecky) and some splendid pubs: my choice would be Under the Hammer, the Prince of Wales, Campbell's out on the edge of Torry if you're feeling adventurous, the Blue Lamp and, much improved since my last visit a couple of years ago, the Moorings down by the docks. The Moorings doesn't look that inviting at first, but it's been thoroughly spruced up, there's some great (and genuine) rock'n'roll memorabilia lurking behind the bar, they do live music, some interesting record nights, have Blaven beer from Skye, and the clientele cheerfully encompasses goths, students, well-heeled businesspersons, sailors and hydrocarbonites of all varieties. It also has the best, most comprehensive juke box I have ever seen. And on a cold winter's Thursday night, it was warm.
I was staying (for the second time) at the Patio Hotel, down at the beach. Aberdeen has disgracefully and controversially foulled its glorious public linksland with monstrosities like Codona's "theme" park (glorified fairground), the adjoining, and truly hideous, Queen's Links leisure complex, and for that matter the Patio itself, which in architectural terms, is of the early Travelodge style. It is not, however, in that price bracket. Oh no. It's an AA 4-star (which refers, basically, to facilities on offer, not quality of service) and even for oiliness-inflated Aberdeen, it's pricy. I was paying a special Beeb rate of £80 a night b&b, for an "ordinary" room; you can pay a lot more for the same thing, and zillions more for an "executive" version. Anyway, the reason people stay there, and the reason it's nearly always full, is the leisure club, Breakers. There's a pool, sauna, steam room, gym..all excellent.
Service is good too, and the rooms - although of odd design in my case, with peculiar windows too high to see out of - comfortable. Good telly provision. Bad points? It beggars belief that anyone in this day and age is charging £15 per 24-hour period for wi-fi access. That's just taking the piss. Hotels of this standard should be providing it free. And the food I had ranged from the overpriced to the horrendous: soup, steak and chips at night in the restaurant was passable, though the house wine was awesomely expensive. But the breakfasts! Boil-in-the-bag kippers (only grilled to superhardness) WITHIN SIGHT of some of the best smokehouses in Scotland! And fish merchants! Stale croissants! Cheese hard through and through (this in a room-service breakfast at a £3.75 surcharge). Cold toast...disgusting.
Best thing about the Patio, better even than the swimming pool, is the presence next door of a giant Tesco. Yes, another besmirchment of the links, but it means you can buy proper food and eat it in your room. And a bottle of very good wine for the price of a glass of house plonk downstairs. It's Holiday Inn Express for me next time. And the public swiming pool.
Finally, I was sad to see that Anderson's, an old-style cycle shop just short of its 70th birthday, has closed to make way for a "bakery and coffee shop". I bought loads of bits there, and (cheaply and second-hand) the old Dutch hub-gear bike I keep in Aberdeen, mainly because there was none of that lycra-clad patronising you get in other, groovier establishments. It was cheaper too.
I'm on holiday this week, and am determined to take up running. Or at the very least, stumbling. Or dog walking at a fast, if you will, lick. This is called djogging. This is thanks to the incredibly helpful attitude of the staff at The Running Shop, who spent half-an-hour assessing my feet, and then supplying some of their sale shoes at a very reasonable price. and with Mellis cheesemongers just up the road, it's not such a bad old place, Aberdeen.
Belle and Sebastian: yours, bewildered of Shetland...
So, Stuart Murdoch from Belle and Sebastian came into the Aberdeen studio yesterday for a wee chat, and I must say I was a bit concerned, as B&S are one of those bands I’ve never quite managed to get a handle on. The fact that they come from Glasgow, that Stuart’s lyrics are by turns phenomenally witty and movingly melancholic, indeed the overt Christian faith of their leader…all those things should have made me, if not a convert to the B&S cause, at least interested enough for some committed immersion in the works.
And yet, no. I’ve dipped into the albums from Fold Your Hands…on, and we’ve gone big on the show with Dear Catastrophe Waitress and indeed the new single, Funny Little Frog. Yet there’s always been something slippery and elusive about the band for me. Something which stopped me, well, getting it. I once mused on air that I found B&S “admirable, but hard to love”. And yet for an increasing number of people worldwide, they’re lovable to an extreme, even cultish degree.
I gave myself a crash course in B&S’s early stuff for the occasion of the interview, and pored over the excellent, revelatory Sunday Herald feature by Peter Ross. Stuart, who for years gave no interviews at all, turned out to be dressed in dapper sub-Chaplin fashion, and was open, thoughtful and friendly in a reserved kind of way, if that made sense. He was happy, for instance, to talk about his problems with ME and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. You can hear the interview for a week or so from now via Radio Scotland’s Listen Again facility.
We played the excellent I’m a Cuckoo from DC Waitress, and I confirmed the Thin Lizzy references. Funny Little Frog sounded great, too, and I was looking forward to the sold-out gig that night at Aberdeen’s Music Hall.
Support act was King Creosote, aka Kenny Anderson of Fence Records fame, and he was a revelation: a superb, soaring, sweet voice, and accordion-washed songs that caught at the heart. Very impressive. And then on to the main attraction, the hall absolutely rammed (studenty to late 30s, mostly, but with a surprising number of 40-55 year olds), top class sound system, major league light show…and me not knowing what to expect. A stranger at the ball.
It was…odd. I can imagine no other major (they can sell out Hammersmith and the Royal Albert Hall) act stopping a song half way through, having a good-humoured argument about whose fault it was, and then starting it all over again. Or, in a moment which was pure youth club, bringing onstage five err…over excited audience members to clap along during Funny Little Frog. That was almost 10 minutes, in fact, of cringe-inducing miscalculation, and yet immediately afterwards, for almost the first time, the band locked into something approaching a groove and turned into the “Saturday night band” Stuart claimed in the S Herald he wanted them to be.
It all looked very peculiar too. At time there were 12 people on stage, including a string section, with lots of instrument swapping going on, something I’ve always distrusted in a band. The bewildering array of styles and pop culture references made it sometimes feel as if the music was a kind of effect, there to illustrate the lyrics rather than combine with them. And what B&S, perhaps deliberately, do not have on their side is theatre. There is no visceral drama about their performance. It’s enigmatic, weird, adolescent. They hop and grin with daft enthusiasm, where I remember the deadly serious, furious, but still gladioli-ridden humour of the Smiths in their youthful pomp. Yet Stuart Murdoch is 37.
B&S were appealling, yes, and at times transcendent. But more if you knew the songs, if the works were dear to you from the records, and you had the thrill of simply being in the same place as performers you’ve learned to love. As an event in itself, this was not successful evangelism. It was an inclusive act of worship that left me feeling like an outsider. And, oddly, thinking of Franz Ferdinand, of whom I thoroughly disapprove for their magpie tendencies, and how much more satisfying they are as an in-concert proposition, even if you’re not a fan. They have the focus, the stagecraft, and they lack the winning, fey self-consciousness that makes B&S so beloved of those who love them, and so confusing for me.
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I keep telling myself: the arctic convoys were a lot worse than this...
I struggled off the Hrossey at 9.55 this morning, groggy and swaying, almost three hours late in arriving at Aberdeen.
As nights on the boat go, this was among the worst I've experienced, and easily the roughest aboard a NorthLink ship. Though I shudder to think what it would have been like aboard the St Sunniva or the St Clair, with their old-tech stabilisers. When the captain of the Hrossey switched off her(rather efficient) stabilisers so we could finally enter Aberdeen harbour, the boat rolled with a vengeance. Battering our way south through a force eight south westerly, we had slammed, crunched and nose-dived, but the sideways motion remained bearable. Just.
No seasickness, just an initial quickening of the heartbeat once we were out of Bressay Sound and into the first of the big breakers. Reading HMS Ulysses had probably been a mistake, but at least I was able to tell myself, over and over again: the arctic convoys were worse than this...
Phenergan saved me. Well, Phenergan (freely available at your chemists, but normally prescribed for hay fever) and a small dram of supermarket (I think Sainsbury) Islay Pure Malt. Carried about my person in the hip flask my pal Stewart gave me as a birthday present. Well, that plus one of the Hrossey's excellent steak pies, with tatties, carrots and peas. And an ice cream. Never travel on an empty stomach.
I knew from the forecast it would be a bad trip, but the Captain's announcement on leaving the berth (" we are expecting VERY ROUGH SEAS") and the fact that I had been handed an "Adverse Weather Conditions" leaflet before boarding, sent me to the cafeteria while we were still tied up, and to my cabin the moment we started moving.
And there I stayed, with occasional journeys to the toilet and for bottled water (Phenergan really dehydrates you) for the next 14 and a bit hours. I was thrown sideways into the bedside table a few times, but never completely out of my bunk. Though lying on my side was impossibly rocky.
Normally, the ferry gets into Aberdeen around 7.00 am (a 12-hour trip, unless it's going via Orkney) but Aberdeen Harbour is notoriously impenetrable in certain wind directions, depending on the state of the tide. When you think about it, there's no shelter - it's just a tight river mouth. Diversions to (the much more navigable) Invergordon or Rosyth are a last resort, but things at Aberdeen are getting worse and worse as the river silts up, and it seems very likely that Rosyth will be the mainland jumping-off point for the Northern Isles in the future.
Anyway, today we had to stoat about off Aberdeen for almost three hours, which didn't bother me that much. I just stayed in bed. When I finally reached dry land, I breakfasted at the excellent Baker's Pantry, in the bus station: £3.40 for bacon and egg roll, pot of tea and a fruit scone. That's the other thing about Phenergan - it makes you really hungry.
Dog, beard and peculiar hat
This picture was taken by my dad during his visit to Shetland at New Year - I think this was 2nd January. We were out for a walk on the glorious Ness of Hillswick, looking over to the red cliffs of Eshaness (not the black vocanic ones near the Lighthouse). Good grief, am I really that fat? All right, there's no need for that...dear old Quoyle the labrador is 11 years old and still sprightly. I am a lot older than that and...oh, my aching back.
Collapse of stout party...
Phew, wind's getting up again...these gales are getting a bit wearisome.
Amazed to hear about the Stornoway lorry driver who saw a sheep flying past his windscreen...I've never seen that, but it's possible that the native Shetland breed is less aerodynamic than the Hebridean equivalent...I have seen one apparently levitating over a fence.
Funniest thing from the Ananova news website I've seen in years was this, which almost sent me into complete hysterical collapse on air this afternoon:
"A Croatian widow has submitted a pickled cucumber for a place as the world's oldest in the Guinness Book of Records.
Vera Dudas, 73, from Duga Resa, says the cucumber was pickled by her mother-in-law when her late husband was born in 1930.
She has now had the cucumber insured. She says it's her only reminder of her husband Pavao who would have turned 76 this year.
Vera said: "Unfortunately, the cucumber has survived longer than Pavao.
"I remember my entire married life when I look at that cucumber, it was with us everywhere we ever lived and through all our experiences - good and bad."
Well. Quite.
Big south westerly gales do this kind of thing in the Shetland Isles.
All the power went off in Hillswick in the early hours of Wednesday, thanks to winds gusting up to 11 (Nigel Tufnell would have loved it). Last time this happened, a window blew in at The Radiocroft, and almost next door, this trailer fell victim to the breeze on Wednesday. No injuries, thank God.
Yesterday marked the anniversary of the terrible tragedy in Uist, when five members of the same family were killed during a hurricane by wind-driven flooding.
Could the same thing happen in Shetland? Well, probably not. Shetland is nowhere near as low-lying as the Uists and Benbecula, there are few vulnerable causeways linking islands, and vulnerable coastal communities have been heavily protected by armouring, paid for by public money. That includes our own house, which is only a few metres from the sea and has flooded very badly in the past. In Lerwick, there are of course the Lodberries, houses built out into the sea and often incorporating boathouses. Most have always accomodated the ocean, more or less!
We have taken our own extensive anti-flooding measures since renovating our house, but perhaps the key difference between Shetland and the Western Isles is the financial muscle wielded by the local council (thank you, Big Oil), and the will to act on behalf of islanders. I simply cannot imagine anything like the Uist tragedy happening in Shetland. But if it had, I have absolutely no doubt that the council, for all its myriad sins, would have moved heaven and earth to ensure nothing like it ever happened again. And quickly too. It would appear that has not happened in the Western Isles.
The weather is gusty but bearable at the moment, though the forecast is for more gales at the weekend. As I'm booked on the boat to go south on Sunday night, this is not a pleasant prospect. To the Phenergan!
Old pictures...
This is a Wolseley, and it's the car that dominates my memories of childhood. Even though my father tells me it gave him "nothing but trouble", as I suppose you'd kind of expect from a British vehicle this old...cars nowadays may have less character, but my goodness they work.
I can remember long overnight journeys from Glasgow to the south of England, one sister asleep in a carry cot, the other on the rear parcel shelf, me on the floor, on cushions packed either side of the transmission tunnel. Seatbelts? You must be joking...
I had these pictures on 35mm slides (boxes and boxes given to me ages ago by dad) and before Christmas Tesco in Aberdeen, without fuss, transferred 30 or so onto CD and provided two sets of prints for a tenner in total. Not bad, I thought. the pictures themselves were all taken on a Braun Paxette, a lovely wee German camera from the 1950s. I still have one, though the winding mechanism is broken.
The other picture illustrates the defining influences on my childhood, apart from internal combustion engines, that is: Religion, in the form of Bethany Hall in Troon, and its Sunday School, plus music, which was an integral part of life in the Brethren. The picture shows, circa 1962, one of the summer open-air Sunday Schools at Troon prom. I am not the lad in the kilt belting out (probably) Store Your Treasure In The Bank of Heaven. I think that's someone called Alistair MacHaffie.
Ahem: let me see if I can remember the words, though:
Store your treasure in the Bank of Heaven
Where no thief can steal away
There you'll find it safely waiting for you
When you get to heaven (stamp stamp)
One day.
I could go on for hours in similar vein...but I won't. That's enough nostalgia.
Some snaps from last year to this, using my birthday camera
Just a wee collage, showing, variously, the coward's view of Eshaness this morning (9th January, so windy I could hardly stand; force nine gusting more); two shots of sunrise on 1st January, 2006 (around 9.00 am); a boat just along from our house, not mine; a remnant of the MOD presence at Eshaness, taken this morning; Hillswick from the Manse, around 9.00 am, New Year's Day; a corner of the kitchen during my birthday do. My dad.
All taken on the new Samsung PRO815, which is the size and weight of an SLR, but has a built-in (on?) zoom lens of colossal zoomability. It's all-singing, all-dancing, and so far I can make it sort of mumble and shuffle. Advice from Bruce, neighbour and ace landscape photographer, is to wrap it in clingfilm if out in windy, seaspray-laden conditions. Like today. Oops...
30th: Bang crash wallop. Bash Susan's borrowed/rented pick-up into sister's rental Corsa. Not good. Completely fed up and knackered.
31st: I am 50. Surprisingly good. Party starts at 3.00pm and continues for around 12 hours. Great music, food, moderate drinking. Only big disappointment is Scotch Malt Whisky Society bottling of 12-year-old Aberlour which tastes like bad schnapps. Millions of great presents and lovely people. It was...emotional.
1st: Glorious, crisp, sunny day. Walks, Busta for fantastic meal courtesy of the lovely Joe and Veronica, Lost in Translation on projection DVD...roads very slippy but no more accidents thank goodness.
2nd: Back to work. Huh! If you can call it work...
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Posted date: August 13, 2015 in: Advocacy, Events, Freedom from Torture, Isa Al-Aali, Statements, TimeLineNo Comments
On Thursday, 13 August 2015, the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy and Human Rights Watch held a roundtable discussion regarding concerns regarding human rights in Bahrain and UK policy towards the country. Chaired by Nicholas McGeehan, Gulf researcher at Human Rights Watch (HRW), the discussion also included speakers Shane Enright, Global Trade Union Adviser at Amnesty UK, Kevin Laue, Legal officer at Redress and Isa Al-Ali, a Bahraini torture survivor recently granted asylum by UK court. The discussion was attended by representatives from a number of organisations including Amnesty International, Index on Censorship, Reprieve, NASUWT, English Pen and Chatham House amongst others.
Shane Enright began the discussion by drawing attention to the case of Mahdi Abu Deeb, the president of the Bahrain Teachers Association (BTA) arrested in 2011 for calling for teachers strike and sentenced to five years imprisonment. The BTA was this year awarded the Arthur Svensson Prize for recognition of their work, and to “throw a spotlight that teachers and students in Bahrain are suffering under.” Amnesty International UK (AIUK) are deeply concerned about Abu Deeb’s “precarious” health in jail, which is deteriorating, and are “keeping light” on his situation. Whilst Abu Dheeb only have nine months left of his sentence to serve, AIUK are “not convinced he is safe” and are “very concerned that [the government of Bahrain] may wish to keep him silenced.”
Whilst Mr. Enright was particularly focused on the “blight of the BTA”, he believes it offers “an opportunity to talk about wider issues” within Bahrain. Pointing to World Teacher’s Day on 5 October, Mr. Enright spoke about strengthening international and UK trade union relations with their Bahraini counterparts, as well as greater UK public awareness towards the issues as positive steps.
Kevin Laue spoke about the relationship between Bahrain and the UK, specifically the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). The FCO have deliberately avoiding criticising Bahrain or drawing attention to the country’s systematic use of torture. Prior to the 2011 crisis, the FCO’s 2010 Human Rights and Democracy Report did not list Bahrain as a “Country of Concern”. Yet even during the wide-scale protests in 2011 calling for democratic change, listing Bahrain as a “Country of Concern” still did not get much traction despite repeated calls, including specific calls by the Parliament’s own Foreign Affairs Committee. Even in 2013, when the FAC led an inquiry into the region after the oft-titled “Arab Spring”, Bahrain was once again called upon to be designated as a “Country of Concern”.
Mr. Laue argued that to avoid this categorisation, the FCO “creatively” listed Bahrain as a “case study”; seen to “rebranding” and ultimately “sidestepping the issues”. He also raised further concerns over the FCO’s move in 2015 to completely take down the catogory of “Country of Concern” and replace them with “priority countries”, thereby altogether removing the critical terminology. The position of Redress, therefore, is that “changing names and shuffling government posts is rather latent, what is needed is for the British government to take a principled stand in Bahrain.”
Nabeel Rajab, the President of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, Skyped into the meeting and spoke about the challenges faced by human rights defenders this year. He noted that the government has not shown any tolerance for criticism this year and raised the case of both Ali Salman, the head of Al Wefaq, and Ebrahim Sharif, the head of the National Action Society, both of whom have been detained on charges related to their freedom of expression. Mr. Rajab has been detained several times over the past few years in Bahrain, most recently for tweeting criticism against the government. He is currently under a travel ban after being charged for tweets criticising the government for torture in Jau Prison and for criticising the war in Yemen.
Isa Al-Aali finished off the discussion by giving his very personal testimony of the torture that he was subjected to in Bahrain. Being only 17 when the 2011 protests began, he was involved in peacefully demonstrating for democratic change and freedom of expression. Being beaten, tortured and humiliated, Mr. Al-Aali fled the country to avoid further torture and death threats. Even though he had been released from detention, he was not given freedom as the Bahraini police continued to harass and contact him trying to extract information about others, threatening him with death for non-compliance. As Nick McGeehan for HRW concluded, this “harrowing, traumatic story” is “one that’s heard all too often”, and anyone who denies that such torture continues in Bahrain is “extremely misguided.”
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Holy Jeebus
Sometimes others just hit the nail on the head ... so what's the point in trying to improve on what Harold Myerson has written in the Washington Post. Here is his opinion piece titled Hard Liners for Jesus (I have italicized some parts I especially agree with).
by Harold Myerson
As Christians across the world prepare to celebrate the birth of Jesus, it's a fitting moment to contemplate the mountain of moral, and mortal, hypocrisy that is our Christianized Republican Party.
There's nothing new, of course, about the Christianization of the GOP. Seven years ago, when debating Al Gore, then-candidate George W. Bush was asked to identify his favorite philosopher and answered "Jesus." This year, however, the Christianization of the party reached new heights with Mitt Romney's declaration that he believed in Jesus as his savior, in an effort to stanch the flow of "values voters" to Mike Huckabee.
My concern isn't the rift that has opened between Republican political practice and the vision of the nation's Founders, who made very clear in the Constitution that there would be no religious test for officeholders in their enlightened new republic. Rather, it's the gap between the teachings of the Gospels and the preachings of the Gospel's Own Party that has widened past the point of absurdity, even as the ostensible Christianization of the party proceeds apace.
The policies of the president, for instance, can be defended in greater or (more frequently) lesser degree within a framework of worldly standards. But if Bush can conform his advocacy of preemptive war with Jesus's Sermon on the Mount admonition to turn the other cheek, he's a more creative theologian than we have given him credit for. Likewise his support of torture, which he highlighted again this month when he threatened to veto House-passed legislation that would explicitly ban waterboarding.
It's not just Bush whose catechism is a merry mix of torture and piety. Virtually the entire Republican House delegation opposed the ban on waterboarding. Among the Republican presidential candidates, only Huckabee and the not-very-religious John McCain have come out against torture, while only libertarian Ron Paul has questioned the doctrine of preemptive war.
But it's on their policies concerning immigrants where Republicans -- candidates and voters alike -- really run afoul of biblical writ. Not on immigration as such but on the treatment of immigrants who are already here. Consider: Christmas, after all, celebrates not just Jesus's birth but his family's flight from Herod's wrath into Egypt, a journey obviously undertaken without benefit of legal documentation. The Bible isn't big on immigrant documentation. "Thou shalt neither vex a stranger nor oppress him," Exodus says the Lord told Moses on Mount Sinai, "for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt."
Yet the distinctive cry coming from the Republican base this year isn't simply to control the flow of immigrants across our borders but to punish the undocumented immigrants already here, children and parents alike.
So Romney attacks Huckabee for holding immigrant children blameless when their parents brought them here without papers, and Huckabee defends himself by parading the endorsement of the Minuteman Project's Jim Gilchrist, whose group harasses day laborers far from the border. The demand for a more regulated immigration policy comes from virtually all points on our political spectrum, but the push to persecute the immigrants already among us comes distinctly, though by no means entirely, from the same Republican right that protests its Christian faith at every turn.
We've seen this kind of Christianity before in America. It's more tribal than religious, and it surges at those times when our country is growing more diverse and economic opportunity is not abounding. At its height in the 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan was chiefly the political expression of nativist Protestants upset by the growing ranks of Catholics in their midst.
It's difficult today to imagine KKKers thinking of their mission as Christian, but millions of them did.
Today's Republican values voters don't really conflate their rage with their faith. Lou Dobbs is a purely secular figure. But nativist bigotry is strongest in the Old Time Religion precincts of the Republican Party, and woe betide the Republican candidate who doesn't embrace it, as John McCain, to his credit and his political misfortune, can attest.
The most depressing thing about the Republican presidential race is that the party's rank and file require their candidates to grow meaner with each passing week. And now, inconveniently, inconsiderately, comes Christmas, a holiday that couldn't be better calibrated to expose the Republicans' rank, fetid hypocrisy.
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Labels: Conservatives, Harold Myerson, Immigration
Thought This was Funny
The mosquito has landed on a bottle of herbal mosquito repellant.
Sounds like a line from a Monty Python episode. The naughty bits of an ant. The mosquito has landed. Oh well, my humor is a little whacked.
Another Offering from that King of Comedic Writing, John
Our friend John, the right-wing commenter strikes again with more humor, grammatical errors and unrelenting rant over at Rick Esenberg's Shark and Shepherd.
Rick and our very own hero, the unpatriotic, LIBERAL, lose at all costs villain, Jay Bullock (folkbum's rambles and rants) are engaged in a fine discussion on waterboarding (is it torture or a fun summer activity) and whether or not waterboarding (the tortuous kind) was really effective in getting Abu Zubadayh to confess to vicious plots against American citizens, or to the location of his favorite hot dog stands on the east coast.
John decided to take matters into his own hands and he came up with this gem ... nay, masterpiece (note the exquisite use of the sticky caps lock key).
Rick, whether waterboarding has been effective "enough", is specious and unrelated to the question of whether it is TORTURE or not.
To wit, Jay et al, will NEVER acknowledge a rough technique as being "effective", as long as Jay, et al, are "invested" in discrediting President Bush, and as such are "invested" in our countries "discredit or failure" in terms of political discourse.
It's far beyond obvious. Jay Bullock, will NEVER, accept any victories by our Country, so long as HIS, party/friends, are not responsible for said victories.
That is pretty much the emblematic definition of being a traitor,(yes I am questioning Jay's patiotism or lack thereof).
Rick, I'm confident that you agree, but as usual, I recognize that you are above most of this rancor.I'll end with this.
Jay Bullock sais the following:
((No one has been able to demonstrate that a single life has been saved or a single attack prevented through the use of the technique}}
Rick, if you do not recognize how far Jay Bullock and his like, will go to deny what is obvious, then you too are nuts.
John's confidence that Rick will agree with him may or may not be founded in fact. I'd bet the house John's confidence is misplaced, however, it does beg another question. Most of us would agree that a large percentage of conservative writers are well-meaning and thoughtful (stop laughing back there, it's the season for generosity). Truly though, most do not stoop to John's level. The question being begged is when does Rick, and even Jessica McBride (whose blog John frequents) who has famously decried anonymous commenters though John has no blog and anyone could set up with the name John to make comments, say something about this clown?
I see all the time where liberal voices will disagree with each other and even call out someone for something said. Heck, in one of my more sleepy moments I once wrote something untrue about James Wigderson as a comment at Jay's blog. James caught it and wrote a gracious denial, even suspecting that I had to have been tired. Jay jumped on it and told me quite frankly it wasn't true.
I offered my apologies to James, which he accepted. We all make mistakes, but Jay stood up for a - gasp – conservative. Frankly, other than James who is always fair (and perhaps Dean Mundy, though I read his blog less often, to my shame) I have never seen another do the same.
It's really not that big of a deal. John's comments do provide comic relief and fodder for more Whallah posts, but it would be nice to see it happen just occasionally.
Labels: Conservatives, James Wigderson, Jay Bullock, Jokes, McBride, Rick Esenberg
I was a fan of Dan Fogelberg back in the 70s and early 80s and then lost track of him. I see over at James' place that he has passed away at the age of 56. Of course, the passing of most anyone is a sad affair, and I'm 51 and everytime someone who is a contemporary of mine passes away I feel the cold hand of mortality ever so briefly. Shiver.
Anyway, though I've not listened to Fogelberg for years, this song's title popped into my head immediately upon reading of his death. For my two or three readers, here's Fogelberg's "Leader of the Band."
Labels: Dan Fogelberg
Another Offering from that King of Comedic Writing...
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Sierra Nevada Makes Big Addition Following Up and Down June
The Sierra Nevada Goldens concluded the 1st half of the season a frustrated bunch. After opening their inaugural season with two winning months going (32-24), the Goldens sputtered in June going (13-15) versus the Platinum division, fininshing the first half with a (45-39) record.
The month of June started with Sierra Nevada trailing the Duluth-Superior Dukes by only 2 games in the Silver League's Copper Division. The Goldens sputtered out of the gate losing 5 of 7 to the struggling Sugar Creek Settlers. In a thrilling series, the Settlers managed to pull out 3 wins in extra innings & squeaked out another one-run victory by a score of 4-3. The 5th Settlers win of the series was a game where Beckett gave up 10 runs, 5 earned, in 4 2/3 innings.
The Goldens responded from adversity with an outstanding (5-2) series win against the league leading Diamond Gems. In the 1st ever netplay series for the Goldens, the hitters swung mighty bats as the Gems were handed their 1st series loss of the season. Sierra Nevada outscored the Gems 55-37 in the 7 games and the 2 losses were by a combined 3 runs. In the series, Beckett got a win while Buehrle earned a win and a no-decision which led to a win. The two have turned out to be dominant at times giving the Goldens a formidable 1, 2 punch. The story of the series were the bats. The Goldens seemed to hit clutch home runs the entire series and Jim Thome crushed a homer in each of the 1st 4 games. This series was by far the highlight of the month.
Sierra Nevada finished up the June schedule going only (6-8) in the remaining 14 games as Twin City pummeled them in 6 of the 7 contests and the Goldens took 5 of 7 versus the cellar dwelling Andover Cougars.
The month of June was all in all a big disappointment. You can point to poor fielding from Miles at shortstop while Renteria rested. Or, maybe the lineup missed Hank Blalock from the left side as he missed the month due to injury. More than anything, you need to point to the starting pitching. Mark Buehrle was the most effective going (2-1) in 5 starts with a 4.76 ERA, but Josh Beckett was (1-3) in 5 June starts, with a 6.82 ERA! Aaron Harang LOWERED his ERA this month by going (1-1) in 5 starts with a 5.40 ERA......not good for a #3 starter. Gil Meche went (2-3) in 6 June starts with a 6.02 ERA, including only going 1 1/3 giving up 5 in a loss at Andover.
Sierra Nevada is banking on Buehrle, Beckett, Harang, and Gil Meche to bounce back and pitch more as expected as they enter the 2nd half of the season and league play begins. The Goldens made a trade in hopes that they could improve their (11-12) record versus lefty starters. Carlos Beltran & Conor Jackson were acquired from the East Lyme Crush to add a stronger presence from the right side of the plate & speed and center field defense with Beltran. While Sierra Nevada was sorry to say goodbye to Marlon Byrd, Skip Schumaker, Mike Jacobs, & Yusmeiro Petit in the deal, the Goldens are hoping that these two additions in the middle & top of the lineup will help the Goldens make up ground on the Copper Division leading Duluth-Superior Dukes who sit 4 games ahead of Sierra Nevada. The Goldens also trail the San Jose Scorpions by 4 games for the final Silver League Wild Card spot.
The month of December will feature head-to-head games with San Jose, one of the two teams ahead of them in the wild card standings, and with East Lyme, Beltran's old team.
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Nike Hoop Summit Practices: Day Two
Walker Beeken
Nike Hoop Summit Official International Team Measurements
With first day jitters and logistical issues out of the way at the Nike Hoop Summit practices in Portland, we were able to focus on the full 11 player international-team squad in two two-hour sessions at the Trailblazers practice facility.
As is customary every year, the international team comes together a full five days before the actual game on Saturday evening (7 PM PST, TV: FSN), while the US squad will only conduct their first practice on Thursday.
The international squad is led by new head coach Roy Rana, via Canada, who has the difficult task of blending in skill development with the tactical game preparation.
We got a chance to speak with Coach Rana after the morning practice yesterday, and we asked him about this that's always the balance, between how much time are you spending on tactics and how much time are you spending teaching and drilling guys. I think we want to keep a nice balance, and the goal is to try and get a W on Saturday night. So we're approaching this more like a preparation for a national team than we would for an all star game.
Rana (Twitter: @Roy_Rana) has plenty of experience in the national team setting, as he's served as both a head coach and an assistant for the Canadian national team on both the senior and junior-team level.
Both practices showed us quite a bit about the make-up of this International roster, which looks to have a great deal of depth and a very balanced roster, which should help to define players' roles and give Coach Rana some flexibility to play with different types of lineups.
The Nike Hoop Summit international team has always had great talent in years past, but for the first time ever there appears to be very little drop-off between the top of the roster and the bottom.
The USA roster looks to be smaller and more athletic, so it will be interesting to see how things play out on Saturday night.
We asked Coach Rana if he thought his more balanced roster gave the International team an advantage.
Well I think it's a real strength of ours, but it's also kind of a weakness, right? I mean we've got legitimate guys down low that we can go inside to and take advantage of our size. The US is a little bit smaller and more athletic with guys like Michael Gilchrist and James McAdoo playing some 4, so defensively that kind of poses some challenges for us. But I think for us it's really going to come down to how much chemistry do you have. And really protecting the basketball. In the end, most games are about effort and hustle. We do those things, and I think we've got a chance.
About half of the NBA was represented at practice yesterday to get an up-close look at some of the best young international prospects in the world all practicing together in the same gym. Many cited the convenience of having a group of prospects of this nature assembled here in the US in such a well-organized settingsomething that saves them a significant amount of time and money for the future.
We counted at least fifteen different NBA teams on hand so far, some of whom had multiple representatives in attendance. As the week moves on, we'll surely see many new faces, while some scouts will move onto Portsmouth after getting a good feel for the prospects here in Portland.
The most intriguing long-term NBA prospects on the international team are 1992-born front-court players: 6'9 Bismack Biyombo from the Congo (currently playing for Fuenlabrada in Spain), and 7'0 center Lucas Nogueira from Brazil. Both players have some limitations on the offensive end, but also possess some freakish physical tools that were on display during every practice session thus far.
Biyombo stands out immediately when he walks into the gym. He sports a chiseled frame (measured 4.8 % body fat) with broad shoulders and an incredible 7'7 wingspan, and as we saw during some of the brief 5 on 5 sessions, he has an outstanding motor, which makes him a terror on the glass and on the defensive end. He also looks to be a very mature player with a great attitude, often seen encouraging teammates, talking with the coaching staff, and helping others with instructions. The experience he's garnered seeing heavy minutes in the top league in the world outside the NBAthe Spanish ACB--over the past few months was very evident.
Lucas also has a ridiculous 7'6 wingspan, and he runs the floor like a deer, but he's still fairly thin, as expected from an 18 year old 7-footer. He showed great mobility and shot-blocking ability yesterday, and he'll be a guy scouts will be keeping a close eye on over the next few days to see just how far along he is in his development.
Other intriguing prospects from yesterday's practice included 6'10 small forward Davis Bertans from Latvia, who showed a beautiful stroke from 3-point range, and 6'7 wing Evan Fournier from France who showed a very well-rounded skill set on the wing and excellent scoring instincts.
After missing Monday's practice, Chinese guard Ailun Guo and Brazilian point guard Raul Neto made it to Portland for both sessions yesterday. Ailun has a translator with him, highlighting the language barrier between some of the players and coaches, which is a given when you have players from all over the world coming together on the same team.
We asked Coach Rana about the language barrier and other issues facing his team there are a number of hurdles that we have to overcome. Guo, the Chinese kid, just got in last night and he's got a 15 hour time differential, Neto's coming in from Brazil, we've got guys coming in from all over the world, and not just taking into account jet lag, but also dehydration, time zone differential, and then the language on top of it, it's an incredible mental load. It tests these kids a lot. And so far they're passing with flying colors. They're buying in and picking up things pretty quickly and developing some of that chemistry within the group that's really important.
Overall, we've been very impressed with the international group, and we're looking forward to the rest of the week and getting the opportunity to further evaluate them and see how they fare against Team USA on Saturday.
See USA Basketball for more coverage.
James McAdoo PF
Bismack Biyombo PF/C
Lucas Nogueira C
Davis Bertans SF
Evan Fournier SG/SF
Ailun Guo PG/SG
Raul Neto PG
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Review: Titans: Villains for Hire trade paperback (DC Comics)
13 comments | Tags: Teen Titans
Arsenal Roy Harper appears next in Eric Wallace's Titans: Villains for Hire after Justice League: Rise and Fall; in short, if you didn't like the earlier volume, you're not going to like this one either. But moreover, I actually thought Rise and Fall had some redeeming moments, and I still didn't much care for this Titans relaunch. I think I know what DC Comics attempted here, but it didn't succeed.
[Contains spoilers]
There's nothing new about teams of antiheroes; just after Crisis on Infinite Earths, DC had success with John Ostrander's Suicide Squad, and more recently there's Marvel's Thunderbolts and Gail Simone's villain-focused Secret Six. I'd even venture that Judd Winick's Outsiders, though heroes, were the groundwork of a team just a little bit over what the law allows (not to mention that the book itself offered some overly edgy material), that lead the way for the ongoing Secret Six series.
I can't quite see Titans as more than DC trying another series to capitalize on the popularity of Secret Six. It's another villain team; there's a mild undercurrent of morality among them; they do lots of bad things, but yet we're supposed to be sympathetic to them. Unfortunately, it's a lot harder than that to catch lightning in a bottle a second time.
For me, Villains for Hire went wrong immediately with the villains' murder of Atom Ryan Choi. Letting alone the poor political implications (I'm not in favor of DC killing nor creating a character based on ethnicity alone, but they had to know this wasn't going to play well with the fans), this early murder of an essentially defenseless hero makes the new Titans seem mean-spirited, and this never goes away. Early on the Secret Six proves their "toughness" fighting a bunch of other villains; the Titans swoop in and murder a hero. This worked for Max Lord in Countdown to Infinite Crisis because we were supposed to dislike Max; here, we're supposed to want to follow Deathstroke, but I never found myself wanting to.
Second, the conflicts the Titans face in this book are wholly unremarkable. We believe they're trying to assassinate Lex Luthor (too similar, again, to the first Winick Outsiders trade), but really they're trying to protect him; their enemy is a generic shapeshifter named Facade. Later, they battle an equally generic drug kingpin Elijah and his super-team The Dominators, made up of villains with names like Spike, Brute, and DJ Molecule (no kidding). These are throwaway characters, there just for the purpose of the Titans' conflict, but pages upon pages of the Titans fighting someone the reader doesn't care about, by my estimation, ends up with the reader just not caring at all.
I believe what's actually supposed to draw the reader further into the book is not the characters themselves, but the puzzle of Deathstroke's mysterious final goal. I don't discount this -- it may be, ultimately, what gets me to flip through the next trade -- but neither do I think the mystery serves as quite enough. Deathstroke collects various artifacts, but his purpose is too vague, and the book fails to offer even a mildly satisfying conclusion; it just ends. We get, for instance, a cut scene where a child the Titans just rescued is ignored by his father -- and that's it; no tie to the greater story. Is this something that will factor in later? Is Wallace simply making a statement on parents and children? Possibly the book needed to be a few issues longer; here again, it's just not clear to the reader what's important, or for whom we're supposed to feel emotion, and so it just leaves Titans seeming flat.
All of this is even more a shame because I can see where Titans might otherwise have potential. I should mention again that I enjoyed Eric Wallace's Final Crisis Aftermath: Ink, specifically how it examined race through the lens of superheroics and villainy; unfortunately Titans lacks any such nuance so far. The characters included in Titans are both more recognizable than those in Secret Six, and delightfully weird -- Cheshire teamed with Tattooed Man teamed with Osiris? -- and the book has the potential to go in a hundred different directions (spy thriller, urban mystery, supernatural -- it even ties in to Brightest Day) but remains in the end just a shoot 'em up. More's the pity; "just a shoot 'em up" is the last thing DC Comics needs right now.
It's easy for us to look back and comment on the excesses of 1990s superhero comics from today's vantage -- there was an overemphasis on rebellion, perhaps, and on legacy heroes like Green Arrow Connor Hawke and Manhunter Chase Lawler that were "cool" without much substance. What, I wonder, will we say about the 2000s? There's a return to purity and traditionalism, of course, as in the resurrections of Green Arrow Oliver Queen, Green Lantern Hal Jordan, and Flash Barry Allen, but then in contrast an almost cartoonish amount of violence. Identity Crisis and Infinite Crisis, in my opinion, put excessive violence to good use, but to me Titans: Villains for Hire seems to follow the trend without getting the point. Bloody murder of a superhero? Check. Villains acting as antiheroes? Check. Leader has a secret plan that the writer keeps from the reader? Check.
All of these elements have worked to great effect in various recent titles -- but that doesn't mean they'll always work, and that doesn't mean you can just drop these elements into a book and expect success. Ultimately, that's how I see Villains for Hire; it attempts to take its place in the DC Universe next to Secret Six and others, but wanting such unfortunately doesn't make it so.
[Contains full and variant covers]
I honestly feel bad when a book lands with such a thud; I could find some aspects to like in the controversial Justice League: Rise and Fall, but not really here. Coming up, however, we follow some of these Brightest Day threads in to Justice League of America -- I hope that fares better.
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Robert Young 5/05/2011 09:05:00 AM
I couldn't justify buying anything to do with this after the one-shot. No less a figure than Gail Simone (who has written the Ryan Choi Atom) commented on this issue by posing the following question: How do you kill a superhero who has complete control over his mass and density, with a sword?
collectededitions 5/05/2011 11:39:00 AM
I agree with you about Ryan Choi, Robert, though Simone's argument doesn't quite work for me. "How do you kill a superhero who has complete control over his mass and density, with a sword?" Easy -- Deathstroke treated his blade with special mass-and-density killing formula, and we just didn't hear about it. That we're willing to posit a person can control his own mass and density, and shrink down to microscopic size, but not also that someone in this same world can kill them with a sword, seems like too much picking and choosing of the comics laws of physics for me. Any book could be torn to shreds that way.
Still, quite too bad about Ryan Choi.
And by that same logic you can kill Galactus with a coat hanger and some duct tape.
Yeah, OK, there's gradations, I grant. I take Simone's point, only I think there's bigger issues at stake than the physics of how a scientifically-enhanced assassin kills a man who shrinks with help of a special belt. But yes, gradations.
shagamu 5/05/2011 02:07:00 PM
Back when DiDio announced the Titans ongoing series would feature a team led by Deathstroke, I was pretty intrigued. I expected something interesting like the time Magneto led the New Mutants, or heroes and villains begrudgingly working together to achieve some common goal.
What we got instead was a unpleasant, tone-deaf, one-dimensional villain-centric book, with the added offense of gratuitously killing a great character like Ryan Choi, ruining Arsenal even further and turning Osiris into a joke. DC can't cancel this soon enough.
Robert Young 5/05/2011 02:20:00 PM
No doubt, and you're right, it's not the biggest issue here by any means. I was just pointing out what I (and Gail) considered a flaw, but not the biggest flaw. And if you've not found many reasons to follow this story, I certainly won't find any. And that's a shame, because Wallace did good work with the Tattooed Man following Final Crisis as well as Osiris during Blackest Night (remember that Osiris was one of the few Black Lanterns that resisted the urges of a black ring).
Nathaniel 5/05/2011 02:56:00 PM
I think I just hate Deathstroke. He reminds me of the worst excesses of Batman. He's a villain that isn't allowed to lose, even when going up against superior foes. And he never really answers for any of his dastardly deeds. I think what made Deathstroke originally pretty interesting was that he was a very human character who just ended up a villain because of some bad choices and a twisted sense of honor. He doesn't really have that anymore. People can criticize the 'Batgod', but at least at the end of the day Batman is an admirable figure and you can root for him when he overcomes all the odds. Deathstroke is just a thug, and I hate how they've built him up into this unstoppable force.
I don't know if that's how they portray him in this book, because I wouldn't touch it with a ten foot pole, but I can't imagine things being much different from how the character's been portrayed the last few years.
I was thrilled at Deathstroke's resurgence in Identity Crisis, but since then he's been over-used, often without nuance. I increasingly miss the days of the morally-gray Deathstroke comic -- especially when you compare the dynamic Deathstroke/Arsenal/Cheshire story from those days versus the same characters falling flat in Villains for Hire.
I second that Wallace did a great job on Final Crisis Aftermath especially, and that's one reason I thought maybe Titans: Villains for Hire wouldn't have as many problems as I'd heard; maybe it was just misunderstood. Not the case, unfortunately.
Aalok Madhusudan Joshi 5/05/2011 03:53:00 PM
I was looking forward to this one the same way as I was to SUICIDE SQUAD, but I don't think that's going to be the case. I have yet to meet one person who tells me this is good. Same for DiDio & Tan's Outsiders, which finally did have something to like, the original Outsiders getting back together.
Liang Xiu 5/05/2011 04:03:00 PM
I was really disappointed with this book when I had thought maybe it would be worth reading. I'm a fan of Deathstroke, the scheming super assassin with grey morality. Putting him in charge of a team would make for some great spy thriller commando fun. Instead the end their one shot off with Killing one of my other favourite characters. And Ryan Choi was just told by Ray Palmer in Cry for Justice that there wouldn't be an issue of them both co-existing. I digress though...
I thought the book was going to be about characters we wouldn't like evolving INTO characters we would. Arsenal is at his lowest, Tattoo man is finding his place and starting off on an awkward foot, Osiris is misguided and naive, and Deathstroke... strokes death? But instead the book feels like you said: Flat, which I felt was a good way of describing it. Nothing really gets done and I really don't care about who they fight besides the Atom.
Maybe the book will show more evolution of the characters later, but this trade felt very blah.
I don't discount the possibility that Wallace intends a conversion for the Titans characters -- am rather sure of it, actually -- but for me this book didn't make me want to follow them up to that point, vs. Secret Six.
It is amazing, on one hand, that there is a Shazam-focused book currently ongoing in the DC Universe (a good thing), and on the other hand, this is it (not such a good thing).
Probably I'll follow Outsiders through to its cancellation. When it's bad -- the introduction of Freight Train -- it's bad, but when it's good -- the tension between Owlman, Katana, and Geo-Force, for instance -- it's good. Knowing it's ending, I can stand one more volume.
Hix 5/06/2011 02:39:00 AM
The entire reason I was interested to pick this up was the continuation of the Dark Marvels' story. I'll follow it for at least another volume, I suppose. My curiousity is also piqued by the promise of Ray Palmer's investigation of Ryan's death. Justice!!!!!!
Next volume has that Osiris solo issue, I think.
I keep waiting for DC to "get serious" about their Captain Marvel franchise. I don't know if the Marvels can support their own series, but I don't think anyone loves Billy Batson as the Wizard, Freddie as Shazam, and Mary Marvel off wherever. Time to return them to the status quo, I think, even if the next step is sending them off to limbo.
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What do you want to see?
By evospace March 6, 2010 September 22, 2019 Extras
So I’ve actually tallied up the titles mentioned at the License Request thread on our forums.
As you may know, it’s tough to acquire a new license, especially when our line up is still this small. But you never know what can happen in the scene of business! Like who would of thought that mainstream Hentai games visual novels would be available in English 10 years ago?
So I ask you again, which game developers and titles do you want us to go for? We will do what we can, and we might even be able to use this post as a valuable tool in negotiations; “Hey, look! Your game is getting this many votes!”
For those of you who don’t know any titles out there, you can participate by seconding other people’s votes, including what was already mentioned, or make a constructive suggestion such as “A newer title, rather than an older classic!” or “Something with story, rather than sex!”.
According to the requests we’ve received so far, the results are as follows:
Top 10 Developers
1. Visual Arts/Key
2. CIRCUS
3. Black Cyc
4. Nitroplus
5. KID/CYBERFRONT
6. Leaf
7. minori
8. Innocent Grey
9. Liarsoft
10. Type-Moon
10. UNiSONSHIFT
Top 10 Titles
1. SHUFFLE! Essence+ (Navel)
2. MAI-Hime -Unmei no Keitoujyu- (CIRCUS)
3. Gore Screaming Show (BlackCyc)
4. Phantom of Inferno PC version (Nitroplus)
5. CLANNAD (Visual Arts/Key)
6. Kara no Shoujo (Innocent Grey)
7. Kanon (Visual Arts/Key)
8. AIR (Visual Arts/Key)
9. 11eyes (Lass)
10. School Days (Overflow)
By the way, I know people are probably thinking this already, so I will give you my honest comments now.
-“But with their poor translations, I don’t want MangaGamer to acquire our favorite games…”
Have you played our latest releases such as Soul Link and Higurashi Meakashi-hen? Objectively speaking, our releases have been improving with every release. Although we can’t suddenly stop our old translation line and sometimes a translation has already started over half a year before its release for certain titles, we are taking much more time in editing and proofreading than we did before. Because our resources are limited right now, we are putting more emphasis where it’s needed, but changes are steadily being made. By the time we acquire a new title, I can assure you that our quality will be totally different.
*This post is using an image from Key Official HomePage under fair use according to their guideline. It is prohibited to distribute this image without their consent.
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Hey, first I have to give kudos to you guys for actually making a post like this to show that you’re listening to our wishes. Shows you’ve got an edge over Jast in the customer friendly department. Also I’ve seen your latest works, you guys are good as far as I can see translation wise.
Anyway, here’s my wish list games and then companies:
1) Any of the three Black Cyc games and I’ll worship the ground you folks walk on (MinDead Blood, Gore Screaming Show, and Gun Katana)
2) Comyu
3) 11eyes
4) Shuffle Essence +
5) CLANNAD
6) Kanon or AIR (it’s a tie for these two)
7) Anything from Innocent Grey
8 ) Anything from Leaf
9) The Kansen series
10) School Days and Cross Days (Summer Days I leave up to you)
Now the companies:
1) Black Cyc (and the other cyc companies (I especially think Mio’s stuff would be good for the all ages section)
2) Innocent Grey
3) Akabesoft2 (and its sub companies including Akatsuki Works)
4) Key
5) Leaf
6) Atelier Kaguya
7) Liarsoft
8 ) Alice soft
9) Type Moon
10) Elf or Studio e-go! (tie)
Michelle Raschbacher
So many things that i want 😉 I dont know about the companies so here is a list of the games
1.CLANNAD (Visual Arts/Key)
2.Kanon (Visual Arts/Key
3.AIR (Visual Arts/Key)
4.11eyes (Lass)
5.School Days (Overflow)
6.Kara no Shoujo (Innocent Grey)
7.MAI-Hime -Unmei no Keitoujyu- (CIRCUS)
8.SHUFFLE! Essence+ (Navel)
9.Gore Screaming Show (BlackCyc)
10.Phantom of Inferno PC version (Nitroplus)
cgland
Nitro+?
If i remember they have a partnership with Jast USA.
So i highly doubt that you can acquire any of their game (Well Phantom of Inferno has already been released in DVD-PG by Hirameki, so maybe this one yeah).
Anyway, i want Squeez and G.J? :p
But the dev i really want to see localizd here is : Mink.
A lot of people seems to forget it, but game like Yakin Byoutou series, Lingeries, the awesome Izayoi no Hanayome and some other are from Mink.
ManaYagami
As it has been mentioned before, the people that voted for Nitro+ need to have their brains checked. And regarding stuff like Clannad and Kanon that already have complete and/or almost complete (99.99999%) unofficial translations, I don’t see MG profitting much with them.
Those game have a Hight price in Import… So i think they really can make money with those game, especially since only “hardcore” VN fan do import.
Given Clannad’s size, it would have to beat the sales of every title released by MG put together, which I doubt that will happen.
Well, you have a point about Clannad… But still, having it officialy translated is a good thing… Especially since its a title with both 18+ and All-Age version.
correction, Clannad is only All ages, there was never an adult version. (although, there is a Tomyoa After (spelling?) disk that did include adult materiel).
You might be referring to LB, it did have have an all ages version and was later followed by loli heavy adult version.
Uzuki
Tomoyo After, it was a sequel/Spin off to Tomoyos route in CLANNAD with adult content and a super sad ending. It later got an All Ages PS2 port along with a slightly better ending
Seconded…since they have like 99.99% unoffical translations I think MangaGamer should do other ones still…
Anything NitroPlus obviously won’t happen, simply because they already have a deal.
The recent hint of Visual Arts/Key is obviously a heavy weight. From a recent post on encubed ( http://novelnews.net/2010/02/13/eroge-with-translation-patches-and-their-sales/ ), Kanon was the second most imported adult game, One was 8th, and Clannad was the third most imported non 18+ game. These three games do already have translation patches, and it is difficult to say how that would work for or against such titles. Some other games (Little Busters/Air) are about half fan translated.
Recently, the fan translation of the Alice soft work Sengoku Rance has been extremely popular in the community, thanks to having the most addicting gameplay in a VN, and it is likely that these games would be good sellers.
Black Cyc has a sizable following, despite a lack of fan translations of their stuff. In terms of games focused more on sex than MangaGamer’s more plot based games, this company is likely the company that would have the biggest draw for these games.
Not sure who has the rights to the KID games these days, but Ever17 enjoyed some success when it was released, and the remaining Infinity titles would likely make a nice group of all ages releases.
Leaf has a sizable number of games with anime adaptions, something that MangaGamer seems to have focused on somewhat.
Although I don’t have much interest in it personally, School Days has gained quite the following in the English world, thanks to it’s anime.
1. Visual Arts/Key +1
2. CIRCUS +1
6. Leaf +1
7. minori -1 (I feel offended that they are even an option)
1. SHUFFLE! Essence+ (Navel) +1
2. MAI-Hime -Unmei no Keitoujyu- (CIRCUS) +1
5. CLANNAD (Visual Arts/Key) +1
7. Kanon (Visual Arts/Key) +1
8. AIR (Visual Arts/Key) +1
9. 11eyes (Lass) +1
10. School Days (Overflow) +1
note, just because I removed some doesn’t mean I won’t support them, it just that I don’t know about them and therefore can’t comment.
any way, signing up ‘key’ instead of their parent brand ‘Visual Arts’ might not be a good idea. ‘key’ have very few titles and those titles are far in between (very very far, it makes me wander how the company still operating!). ‘Visual Arts’ on the other hand have lots and lots of titles to offer you.
as for ‘minori’, I really do feel offended by their presence in the list. They told us to buzz off, in a very rude manner, for a mistake that wasn’t ours, and now we should see them as an option?
any way, I’d support ‘Akabesoft2’ and ‘Atelier Kaguya’ is they are an option. So yes, even though I do enjoy story heave games, I would still want to get a sex ramp game as long as it have good graphics. And titles with game play are a plus as well.
So if you give us 1 story heavy, 1 game play titles and 3 sex ramp, I’d be satisfied.
P.S. Studio.e.go might be open to licensing since they lost their milk cow when everyone left them. So licensing their titles might be their only option for revenue.
DarkestPhoenix
Wait… How do you NOT know about Type-Moon? They probably have one of the largest fan translation followings on the internet, haha.
Tsukihime (and its fandisc+Kagetsu Tohya), and Fate/Stay Night, all have unofficial fan-translations for imported copies (and in my opinion, some of the best visual novels ever made).
I personally only know Liarsoft from one title that isn’t very popular, but has a pretty amazing story: Sekien no Inganock.
Anyways, just my two cents.
~DarkestPhoenix
I’d personally love to see a translation of Kimi ga Nozomu Eien. Yeah, its an “older classic”, but I’ve always been really sad that its never gotten a translation.
don’t think that will happen the company asked jast for a million to get it and i don’t think mangagamer has that much
I’ve never heard of most of those companies (despite being a big VN fan I’ve really only played titles recommended to me by friends) so I can’t rank everyone.
My top Companies would be
1. Key
2. Type-Moon
Top Games would be
1. Clannad (it did have a fan translation, but the After Story section was very rushed and in desperate need of editing)
2. Knnon
3. Air
4. Shuffle Essence +
5. School Days (the anime was alright, but getting people to see the source material and realize the characters aren’t nearly as terrible as they think would be nice)
Games with actual gameplay:
AliceSoft or Eushully games, for instance.
BLACK CYC!!!
Please don’t vote for games that has already be fan-translated like Kannon and Clannad. Thank you.
Jonathan Doyle
Grab some BlackCyc title, like Gore Screaming Show or MinDeaD BlooD. These are quality novels, and BlackCyc shouldn’t charge way too much for them.
Seinarukana: spirit of eternity sword 2 (Xuse)
Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru (alchemist/caramel box)
Baldr Sky: Dive 1 “Lost Memory” (Giga!)
Eden* They Were Only Two, On The Planet (Minori)
Mindead Blood (Black CYC)
Gore Screaming Show (Black CYC)
Hana to Otome ni Shukufuku wo (ensemble)
Kikouyoku Senki Tenkuu no Yumina (Eternal)
I’d buy any of those games or anything like them. And any Type-moon/nitro+ game.
I Second Z Post.. games with a good gameplay, and a good Story…
– more emphasis on Story than Sex
– with gameplay like .. Utawarerumono
and -1 Alicesoft i dont like their games…
School Days. This NEEDS a translation, and nobody’s done it yet.
I’d also like to see Conboku and Nursery Rhyme, just to see if they’re as good as their OPs >.> I love those songs and videos <3
As for stuff that's already been translated by fans but I like so much I'd pay $50 or whatever for an English copy…Clannad, Kanon and Umineko.
ChielScape
I’d say Fate/stay night, because its simply the best VN in existance, but it already has a very nice fanslation by mirror moon. (hire these guys, yo) the sequel, Fate/hollow ataraxia’s translation is stuck at about 30% and even that took ages. Therefore im putting that on #1.
alternatively, anything with epic art is acceptable.
also, gameplay is fun, but be careful with the type. Princess Waltz rocked (moderation was key), Raidy wasnt too bad, but Pretty Soldier Wars A.D. 2048 was horrible.
Eh I don’t think it’s really worth hiring MirrorMoon, most of the team has gone their separate ways now.
naz92
He’s right. MM has only 1 active project and their lead translator, TakaJun has formed a new team, Yandere TL. So basically, MM is pretty much out now.
it was mostly a joke anyway, just implying their godlike translation skills
Well TakaJun did most (all?) the translating, really if he can translate Nasu language then he would be a great asset to the MangaGamer team since nothing is more complicated then that.
Do 11eyes.
Simply because no one else will.
Finish KiraKira Curtain Call ; ;
Other than that Nito+ Hello, World
Any of the Baldr Sky series.
Go make a license agreement with Black Cyc, those are the games we really want to see.
Do__not__translate games that already have translations. You shouldn’t translate games that are sequels to already translated games either. That kind of stuff simply won’t sell, period.
To be honest, you should translate fairly unknown, recently released games that have no anime adaptation and rely heavily on story + art. These traits will make customer actually buy the game, since it’s going to be whole new experience worth paying for. Good art will lower the border for buying, and good story will make experienced buyers that look into stuff beforehand buy the game.
Your main focus group isn’t new to this stuff. It is likely that they know little about anime, manga, and have found visual novels through forums, friends etc. That’s why it would be stupid as hell to translate something that already exists.
Here are some companies you should take a look at:
Giga: http://www.web-giga.com/top/top.html
Favorite: http://www.favo.co.jp/soft/main.htm
Littlewitch: http://www.littlewitch.jp/home/
Whirlpool: http://www.whirlpool.co.jp/top/index.html
Unisonshift: http://www.softpal.co.jp/unisonshift/index2.html
Light: http://www.light.gr.jp/light/top.html
However, it seems titles with anime adaptations such as Shuffle sell better than original titles, such as Kira Kira.
I think it really wouldn’t be a good idea to translate anything that already has a full decent translation already available. Kanon and Fate/Stay Night were both mentioned here, and yeah, that just… Seems like a bad idea and a waste of time to me. If anything, it would make more sense to go the route JAST was planning on, and just start reselling the original version, so people using the patch have an easier time getting the thing legally.
Clannad… I’m not sure, I mean it pretty much does have a full translation, but it was never actually officially released, and the unofficial version has a bunch of bugs and QC issues. Well, nothing horrible or anything, but I guess it might be enough justification to do it, since it’s kind of been sitting waiting on that last bit of editing for a pretty long time now, and the project shows all signs of being dead. But then again, it’s a LOT of text, so… Yeah…
As far as that top 10 list goes, the ones that interest me the most are 11eyes, Mai-HiME – Unmei no Keitouju, and Phantom of Inferno PC. (really is an excellent VN that so many were turned off of because of the crappy interactive-DVD format it was released in before, it would be nice to see it in a format that doesn’t suck) Kara no Shoujo looks interesting, but it already has an unofficial project that’s 80.3% translated (according to the TLwiki page), so it’s likely that might finish before you could even get to it.
Sasgay
TYPE-MOON’s games could do with some official English releases. Umineko too, if Higurashi sells.
Umineko is already translated though, and while they technically aren’t “official” they have Ryukishi’s approval
Really this three
have already decent free patches
and kara no Shoujo shouldn’t take too much to finish, considering the speed
If I had to choose, I’d go for Gore screaming show, possibly the best of the untranslated ones
that or Air, the eternally stalled
maybe jastusa will re-release phantom but the 18+ version
JAST USA has said they have no interest in releasing unvoiced games such as Phantom of Inferno. This is also the reason why Kikokugai was released on TLWiki despite being a Nitro+ game.
Eh while CLANNAD did have a translation put out, it’s more like half of one instead of a complete full one. The School Life section was pretty good (baring a few hiccups here and their) but the After Story section is a bit of a mess. It’s readable but is in desperate need of editing among other things and it seems dropped so MG would be the only real chance of seeing the entire thing.
Point is, a lot of Clannad fans (I’d say the majority of the VN-reading Clannad fans) have already read it, and won’t buy it from MangaGamer for that reason (why buy a game you’ve already finished?). While it would be nice to see an official release, it would probably be a bad business move for MangaGamer.
3Pies
By the way, Kara no Shoujo has a nearly-somewhat-almost-perhaps-nearly-complete project. Translation stands at around 80%, Editing is behind at 30% or so. Also, Nitro+ is with JAST USA and Liar-soft is probably a good choice. Just prepare your translator beforehand, Liar-soft’s titles are quite complex!
Phlebas
Out of the companies listed here I’d be mostly interested in seeing more KID titles, but as mentioned above Studio e.go might be worth looking into, and overall I’d like to see more titles with gameplay.
Out of the listed titles, 11eyes.
3 methods to conquer the world/Sekai wo Seifuku Suru Tame no, 3tsu no Houhou (crowd)
Kuru Kuru Coeur (Axis)
Yumekoi Tensei (Tinker Bell Bougumi)
Princess Frontier (AXL)
Happiness! Re:Lucks (Windmill)
I’d ask for Remember11, but that one has a project that’s well over 80% by now.
So, untranslated titles only, in order of how much I’d like to see them being released by MangaGamer:
-Rewrite (Key) [not out yet, but once it’s out, I want it ASAP]
-Air (Key) [project at 50%, used to be eternally stalled but is now simply dropped]
-Steins;Gate (5pb/Nitro+) [not a PC game, so we likely won’t get this one…got amazing scores on EGS, only five scores on vndb are also 10, 10, 10, 10, 9]
-12Riven (KID, license is now with Cyberfront) [from the same series (infinity series) as Ever17 and Remember11, but not same writer]
-I/O (Regista/Asgard) [from the writer of Ever17 and Remember11 and the writer of Cross Channel, unofficial part of infinity series]
-Never7 (KID, license is now with Cyberfront) [infinity series, seems to be less good than the rest of the series]
-Little Busters! [already has a good translation project, so we’ll be getting this eventually anyways]
-Green Green series (Groover, current license holder unknown) [slightly interested because it’s by Groover, the company which later became Overdrive. Alternatively, you could also just really translate Edelweiss this time, and that’ll also let me see if I like Overdrive’s other titles]
Hyosuke575
Wow I was surprised to see 11eyes in the top 10 titles but its the one I want to see the most translated. Lass has done an excellent job with the game and I think it would be nice for the English viewers to get a chance to play it as well. Do this and I would be forever grateful. Other than that I would like to see more of the Da Capo series but that sounds like its already in the works. Having Mai Hime though would be nice. Of course I would also like to see Shuffle Essence and the other related titles. Tick Tack and Really? Really! Its great to hear you guys are taking the concern of translation more seriously. Makes me really happy and more likely to buy your games in the future. Keep up the good work. ^^
Kainti
2. Alice Soft
3. Littlewitch
4. Liar Soft
5. Propeller
6. Innocent Gray
7. Root
8. KID
I don’t know what is the point of voting for companies like Key or Type-moon, which has most or all of their games translated..
1. Everything from Nitroplus (maybe you can take them away from JAST, who is unlikely to give us more than one game per year..). Preferably Gekkou no Carnevale and Soukou Akki Muramasa.
2. Daibanchou/Daiakuji/everything Rance
3. Shoujo Mahou Gaku Little Witch Romanesque
4. Himegari Dungeon Master
5. Clover Hearts
6. Katahane
7. Suzukuri Dragon
9. Comyu
10. Suigetsu
Because both companies are still coming out with games(Mahou Tsukai no Yoru for Type-Moon is coming out this year, Kud Wafter for Key), and I know for a fact Type-Moon doesn’t have all of it’s games fan translated yet (Fate/Zero and Fate/hallow, for instance).
That, and I don’t enjoy import fees. I like legal and not gonna bust my wallet, so getting the games legally would be fairly nice.
Fate/Zero isn’t a game though, it’s a novel series.
Right you are. For some reason, I thought they VN’d that particular one… oh well. The point still remains.
Necsord
1) Eushully
2) AliceSoft
Even though I play most of the visual novels for their plot I tend to get even more addicted to visual novels with gameplay.
KKaiser
I’d go for anything that is untranslated or that has little chances of ever getting a translation out of the others on the list.
Let’s face it, almost every Visual Arts/Key work has already been translated, or it’s got a translation project behind it.
Nitroplus is out of the list given their partnership with JAST.
I doubt minori would even let dirty gaijins translate their games.
Type-Moon’s franchises (Tsukihime, Fate/Stay Night) are translated as well, so what’s the point of localizing their games?
Most interested in the Black Cyc titles – GSS, Extravaganza, and Mindead Blood. (There are others I would get too but these are the ones I want most)
Otherwise, AliceSoft would be nice. Not necessarily Sengoku Rance (since some people wouldn’t get it for having already played it) but the Dai- series and/or the other Rance games would be easy purchases.
loli in a box
Seriously, please don’t start VNs who already have a translation ( or are almost completed ) such as Kanon, Clannad, School Days, Kara no Shoujo, some Liar-soft games and any other Type-Moon title execpt Fate/hollow ataraxia. It’s just a waste of resources really.
Starting on story heavy titles from Innocent Grey would be a good idea.
Well, I listed the priorities you should have in order to get the max positive feedback, IMO.
( Only used the ones which were listed above. )
2. UNiSONSHIFT
10. KID/CYBERFRONT
11. Black Cyc ( you won’t have many buyers here, since it’s a niche company, only a few titles are useable )
1. SHUFFLE! Essence+ (Navel) ( I may be biased with this one being first. 😉 )
4. Kara no Shoujo (Innocent Grey) ( Already has a translation going though. )
6. Phantom of Inferno PC version(Nitroplus)
Yagami
VNs with already a translation who to be releasing by Mangagamer YES -.-
i would like to see the fan disk for Hinatabokko Hinatarte
I would like to see more Shuffle! and how about some of the other sequels other than essence, like Really Really and Tick! Tack!
thedigitalbug
Anything by:
Alicesoft
Eushully
Soft House Chara
Liarsoft
Black Cyc
Specific Games:
Gun Katana
School/Summer/Cross Days
rikarika
You’re right, Meakashi translation, while still having a few typos, was a big improvement over the other arcs. Keep up the good work!
Oops, forgot; About the requests, I’m a big fan of Key and Nitroplus. I’d like to see Muramasa in English, but maybe Jast USA bought that license? idk. Air’d be nice too, as the fan translation doesn’t look like it’s going anywhere.
Mazyrian
I’d also like more Key games, though as said for the ones that already have a translation out it doesn’t seem a great idea.
More Circus things would be nice also; I’d liked Da Capo and would like to see the other games. It seems there are already projects on that, though.
Also, KID’s Infinity series would be great.
As for games, I second a PC version of Phantom of Inferno, though I don’t know how likely that is.
11eyes is another thing that seems interesting.
I would like to see SHUFFLE! Essence+ and some yuri titles
Orophin
Translating a game that is already fully translated is just a waste of time. I would prefer if MangaGamer worked on something new instead of making a second translation to a game that already has one. Not to mention that it will probably result in a lost in sales since a lot of people already bought and read Kanon, Clannad and Fate/stay Night and those who still haven’t will have an alternative.
Anyway, from the games included in the list, the one I’m most interested in is Air since the fan translation is basically dead now.
No,your comment who are a waste of time -.-
Mod: Troll less. Yagami, this is your first and last warning.
L-rouge
I’ll be honest and say I don’t know too many VN’s and their parent companies (I’ve only recently got into them), but out of the list above I would really like to see Shuffle! Essence+, but also Tick! Tack and Really? Really!
I also would like to see Da Capo Plus Communication and Da Capo II Plus Communication (I know DCII is being translated, but I don’t know which version…).
I’d also add another vote for the Green Green series!
to my knowledge da capo pc is already licensed
Personally I’d LOVE to see Liar-soft’s games in English, a good thing is that their stuff is varied and they release lots of stuff, so that partnership could result in a lot games being available.
And as far as I know, many of their games aren’t terribly long so translation shouldn’t cost too much.
Still, business-vice it would make more sense to make partnership with bigger companies like Leaf, Black Cyc or Key due to name recognition on West.
Those would be my second picks as they’d be most likely to result in profit.
Koji Leo
All of Innocent Grey’s novels
You can start with Cartagra or PP Pianissimo(cz Cartagra have a project already :p)
>>>What do you want to see?
I don’t want to see, I want to play :p
It’s kinda funny… most of those games already have a translation project. Wouldn’t it be better to get the license for something like 11eyes or Mai Hime that no one’s tried to translate yet?
Draneor
Here’s my list:
Developers I’d Like Mangagamer to Work with:
#1 Visual Art’s/Key (Air, Tomoyo After, and Little Busters!)
#2 Circus (D.C. II, Eternal Fantasy, Valkyrie Complex)
#3 August (Operation Sanctuary, Yoake Mae yori Ruri Iro na, Fortune Arterial)
#4 Navel (Really? Really!, OreTsuba)
#5 Leaf (ToHeart2)
#6 Windmill (Happiness!/Shukufuku no Campanella)
#7 MoonStone (Gift, Clear, & Marginal Skip)
#8 Feng (AkaSaka)
The Top 10 Titles I Most Want Mangagamer to License:
#1 Little Busters! (Visual Art’s/Key)
#2 D.C. II (Circus)
#3 Tomoyo After (Visual Art’s/Key)
#4 Fortune Arterial (August)
#5 Happiness! (Windmill)
#6 Yoake Mae yori Ruri Iro na (August)
#7 Yosuga no Sora (Sphere)
#8 Oretachi ni Tsubasa wa Nai (Navel)
#9 ToHeart2 (Leaf)
#10 Kono Aozora ni Yakusoku o (Giga)
I would love to see a Key deal go through. Sure some of their stuff is translated, but so are most anime fansubs, and if MangaGamer were to purchase the partial/complete translations, (and improve upon them in the case of Clannad), then they would be able to get out a number of big games, which likely would sell quite well, without tying up their internal translators.
Also, I would think that a deal with a market leader in Japan would go a long way in helping get other companies involved.
Other than Key, Giga, with a large number of games, some with large western appeal (like the Baldr games)would likely be a great partnership.
dork at large
Some general things which might compel me to purchase more future MangaGamer titles (and yes, specific games are mentioned):
– Games with more complex gameplay. There are Windows versions of a few statistics-heavy dating simulations, such as Otometeki Koi Kakumei Love Revo. And hybrid RPG-style games such as Moe-Moe World War II and Sakura Taisen 1-4 exist on Windows as well.
Some of those specific licenses may be too expensive. I’ve read that the PS2/Wii versions of Sakura Taisen 5 were licensed because NIS America, Red, and perhaps also Idea Factory cooperated to make the localization happen — I don’t know if Sega was involved.
The companies responsible for Otometeki, which I believe are HuneX and Interchannel, have not licensed any of their content for official localization. The company responsible for Moe-Moe World War II, System Soft Alpha, has let other publishers release some of their titles in Englsh.
– Content which isn’t just “boy x girls” style harem games. Higurashi is a step forward, since it’s definitely not a typical harem visual novel. But I’d be open to translations of visual novels which include “girl x boys” pairings (otome games), boy x boy pairings, and girl x girl pairings.
I don’t know which licenses might be feasible and profitable. But since MangaGamer has released the original Da Capo in English, I’d hope Da Capo Girl’s Symphony might be a future release. Blogger Hinano has already reviewed it, and her thoughts were positive.
– Finally, I’m interested in content which is all-ages accessible. I’m not entirely sure what to think about H games which get released without their original adult content. But it would be a refreshing change to see more visual novels and similar games which were all-ages when they were first created. For instance, True Tears was released on Windows first, but it was never an H game. The same is true for the Memories Off series.
I know it’s sometimes tough to market visual novels which are not 18+. But if the story is compelling, and if the art is attractive, then there might be an audience.
In short, I hope to see more MangaGamer releases with compelling plots, varied gameplay, and content which I won’t be embarrassed to discuss with friends.
Gaogao
I’m gonna ask for Kara no Shoujo, or Mai Hime, or something we DON’T already have free patches for. I hate to use a business for this, but we already have translations for that shit; I personally would like to see them pump out stuff we haven’t translated yet.
… or a Phantom of Inferno PC remake. Fuck Hirameki.
Hinokai
I have to agree that translating anything that already has a fan translation would be an overall waste of time since most people would have already played the fan translation. I think before picking a new game to license you should see what has already been released or is undergoing fan translation. Anyway, I’d love to see an Innocent Gry or Liar-soft game translated though. Also heard good things of BlackCyc games, specifically Gore Screaming Show (Nice to see it’s number 3 in requests.)
Also, in that interview the other day it was stated that Mangagamer is getting less sales than it would like.
With an already translated or mid-translation title, people a) might already have the Japanese game and so not want to buy another and b) may simply not want to play it again.
Won’t help sales.
bassgs
And that is the reason i recently came to love you guys so much
in terms of titles:
1) 11 eyes (i agree with this choice so much!)
2) school days (even if it has a translation project going on, it would still be nice to see it being officially released)
3) clannad (same as above)
4) little busters (do i need to say more?)
5) to heart 2
6) Rui wa Tomo wo Yobu (interesting story and for some strange reason the main character reminds me of a certain someone from kira kira)
7) H2O: Footprints in the Sand (just love that story)
8 ) Eden* They Were Only Two, On The Planet (tlwiki might have this project, but mentioning it might be worthy)
9) Valkyrie Complex (made by circus so might have a good shot)
10) G-senjou no Maou (another tlwiki, but you can never have too much akabei soft 2)
and now the developers list is really hard to disagree with…
i would only say that it need moar akabei soft 2.
seriously, with a list like that few words are necessary
If I could choose, I would first ask for VN made by Liarsoft. After playing Inganock I can tell how well they know their stuff.
Same for Kid games. In fact I’m for those two developers because they’re more into “story” than “sex”.
On a more comercial point of vue, Key and Type Moon are more popular… but VN like Clannad and Fate are so huge it would require a higher investment.
I don’t understand why you’re mentioning Phantom since phantom of inferno has already been translated and can still be bought (I found a new one last year… but on ebay).
Now I’d just like to also propose one developer : Nekoneko Soft.
They did VN like Lamune, Mizuiro, Sorairo, Scarlet, …
Some of their VN have been turned into anime so they’re quite popular and as for me, in term of “pure love stories”, I prefer those VN to Da Capo.
Nandemonai
Nobody’s suggested it yet, and it doesn’t seem to be on the list, so I’ll say it. Atelier Kaguya, the art is amazing. (Just cause I like story based games doesn’t mean I also don’t like ero-ero.)
I’d personally vote for Liar-soft since I’ve gotten pretty interested in their “What a Beautiful…” series, and I’ve been wanting to see a translation of Kusarihime for a while now.
If I couldn’t see their titles translated, though, then I’d probably vote for Innocent Grey due to the focus on good plots they have while not totally shunning sex scenes. Innocent Grey might also be a good choice to cover when your quality of translations improve, since the games are supposed to be all around good, at least to the reviews I’ve seen for them.
Black Cyc and Leaf sound like good, reasonable choices otherwise due to the popularity of some of their titles.
eab1990
I’m seconding KID (Never7 could really use a translation) and UnisonShift (Nanatsuiro Drops please).
Below are the Developers I’d +1 a vote on.
Visual Arts/Key
2 Developers I’d like to see added
Clock-Up
Titles I’d +1
2 games I’d like to see
Rune Lord (Clock UP)
official page- http://entacom.org/clockup/product/runelord/index.html
Ikusa Megami series (Eushully)
Ikusa Megami Zero’s page http://www.eukleia.co.jp/eushully/zerospdl/index.html
Need more RPG love.
miss uh-non-uh
I agree with the people above who think that it would be best to translate something that doesn’t have a fan translation already.
I would also prefer something that doesn’t have sex scenes, they are often crudely done and are only added to pander to the Japanese demographic that buys titles largely based on them being an eroge. Thus it follows that games that are received extremely well by buyers that don’t include such content (Clannad, Ever17, just to name a couple) must actually have a well developed and interesting story that would allow them to sell well regardless of the fact that they don’t have the tag of being an ‘eroge’.
That being said, it doesn’t necessarily follow that a game IS bad just because it has such content. I just feel that you have to be careful in picking a game that the Japanese visual novel market says is good, because of the quality of such a demographic I was talking about earlier.
All that being said, I would most prefer:
I/O (Regista)
12Riven (KID)
Air (Key)
-Rewrite (Key) (Someone else pointed out that this is still currently in production, but I think it would be really interesting to see a quick English release to go along with it’s Japanese Release.
Swiftnissity
Black CYC +1
Mindead Blood +1
Mindead Blood Fandisk +1
Gore Screaming Show +1
Although, I think you should try and get all of cyc in general.
Cyc is a combination of:
Cyc Soft
Black Cyc ( Dark games )
Cyc Rose ( Yaoi games )
MIO ( Otome games )
Palmiers ( ??? )
White Cyc ( Light games )
That’s a large variety to choose from.
Not only does it give you Otome/Straight/Yaoi games, but you get both light and dark games.
…Plus if you got Black Cyc i’d buy all their games and keep buying atleast 1 of them per month 😉
TDOMMX
From a business standpoint, I think Clannad would be the perfect candidate for a MangaGamer release:
1) The anime has been very well-received, much more so than Shuffle or Soul Link. MangaGamer would be able to capitalize on the anime’s existing acclaim. A cross-promotion with Sentai Filmworks would benefit both companies.
2) The Clannad game was originally designed for all audiences, so it can be marketed to a wider audience than an adults-only title without making any compromises. A packaged version of the game would become quite popular at brick-and-mortar anime retailers, comic shops, and college / university anime clubs.
3) If Clannad proves to be successful (and I’m confident it will), a follow-up Tomoyo After release could serve as a gateway title for customers initially averse to 18+ games.
As a very real example: back in college, a friend of mine used to hire me to pick up various adult anime titles for him. I’d check out the stuff myself before handing them over, but the majority of the titles he requested grossed me out and made me dislike hentai. When Wannabe Fansubs translated the first episode of Suika, however, my opinion of the genre changed considerably thanks to its work-safe release. When I found out it was originally a hentai title, it forced me to rethink my preconceptions and de facto boycott. Nowadays, I enjoy checking out couples-friendly adult anime. Similarly, I’ve become an ardent fan of visual novels thanks to Hirameki’s original release of Phantom of Inferno.
Sorry for the tangent. ^_^;
While I’m aware that titles with anime or merchandising tie-ins are more costly to license, I think investing in a popular title like Clannad or Fate is a risk that would pay off in the long run. In the case of Fate, the game could be released in a similar fashion as Kira Kira – the original version as an adult-only title, with Realta Nua following as an all-age release. Both segue into Fate / Unlimited Codes and Fate / Hollow Ataraxia, and the franchise already has a significant fanbase worth tapping into.
That said, I think titles like Clannad, Kanon, Fate, and Phantom Integration would help MangaGamer establish itself, especially because of their successful anime adaptations. These could be followed up with School Days (controversy does get the word spread faster…), Kimi ga Nozomu Eien (“Rumbling Hearts”), ef -a fairy tale of the two- (minori’s anti-gaijin stance notwithstanding), White Album, Myself;Yourself, 11eyes, Pure Mail, and Triangle Hearts (the parent story to Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha). If rumors of a Sharin no Kuni, Himawari no Shoujo anime are accurate, that’s also a worthwhile candidate to consider.
Of the titles I named that have an in-progress / completed fan translations, I think MangaGamer should follow the precedent they set with Soul Link and recruit the fan translators to handle the localization (with touch-ups by their own staff). Rockin’ Android has done the same with its release of Suguri Perfect Edition, and it seems to have served them quite well.
Once MangaGamer is has build itself a firm foundation (I’d say its current foundation is pretty shaky – unlike, say, JAST USA’s), it can expand its catalog to include acclaimed-but-relatively-unknown-in-the-West titles like Gore Screaming Show, Swan Song, Negaposi, and pretty much anything else named in the “Eroge That Everybody Should Have Played” article (http://zepy.momotato.com/2009/09/01/eroge-that-everybody-should-have-played/).
Pardon my long-winded reply. I’m just considering this from the perspective of my university Marketing classes. I hope this has been helpful.
So you think that “university marketing classes” work in real life? I don’t think so. Just read a few comments about Clannad here.
I’ll admit that university classes aren’t fully applicable to the real world (one of my professors plainly admitted to not understanding why McDonald’s “I’m Lovin’ It” campaign was so successful). I’m sure most of us are intelligent enough to know the difference between theory and demonstrable fact, but that doesn’t mean theory can’t be helpful in providing direction.
…Or are you asserting that the Four-P Marketing Mix (product, place, price, promotion) and Market Positioning are complete bullshit…?
In the case of Clannad, I’m sure diehard otaku are already aware of the current translation effort. Many of them probably played through the leaked beta at the first opportunity. As previous posts have noted, that version is very much a work-in-progress and requires a considerable amount of effort before it can finally be released.
However, this is far from my point. Remember that I was talking about expanding MangaGamer’s user base, not catering to its current niche market (MangaGamer has itself stated that its current market is too small to support packaged releases). Fans of the original visual novel will either buy the game regardless, or never intended to pay for it in the first place. Instead, I’m talking about the casual fan who watch anime from time to time, but don’t pay much attention to the latest Japanese trends or even know what visual novels are. In other words, people who aren’t us. People who would like the medium if they knew it existed; the ones who quickly fell in love with the Ace Attorney series. Unless MangaGamer hopes to share the same fate as Hirameki International, these are the people whose interest MangaGamer needs to pique.
(I’ll skip the usual rant about modern “fans” actively making anime / VN fandom exclusionary and accusing anyone present for not supporting Hirameki for now.)
I’m very well aware of the fact that Clannad is a lengthy game with high licensing fees and demands an immense translation effort. I’m also aware that MangaGamer is willing to work with fan translators in some capacity (see Soul Link). My proposition is that MangaGamer and Drama Club work together to give the game a professional release. This will help minimize costs (Drama Club has already finished the initial translation) and maximize productivity. I’m nowhere near naive enough to think that such an alliance would be a match made in heaven (the MangaGamer and Sonozaki-tachi discussions fell through, after all), but I don’t think it’s right to dismiss the idea without a second thought.
In any event, MangaGamer has already noted that they are working with the producers of suspicious bread and jam, so this argument may very well be moot. I’m just voicing my thoughts on what I would do if I was working with MangaGamer myself.
Personally, I’d like to see some popular games in the general galge genre get translated, like Shuffle and Da Capo. August’s games (Yoake Mae Yori Ruri Iro Na and Fortune Arterial) come to mind.
Also, I’m not sure what relationship MangaGamer has with the fan translation scene and if this has anything to do with your business decisions, but it might not be a good idea to translate something that’s already been translated. I love Key, but many English speaking fans have already played Kanon. I’m not sure what the status on the Clannad translation is, but it might be better to try to translate something that will be new to all of us, like Little Busters.
August’s games are more about moe appeal and art than story. The true endings are interesting, but to unlock them you have to go through the character paths, which is like drinking 50 liters of boiled water…
dawningblue
1. Lump of Sugar
2. Softpal (UNiSONSHIFT brands, Hearts)
3. Little Witch
Tuskus
Have you ever thought of licensing a game other than a visual novel? I understand that Touhou, a doujin shooter, has a fairly large fanbase and little dialog to translate. Licensing Touhou would be a great business decision because it takes little effort to license, there’s already a substantial fanbase willing to buy it, and you could spread the news about MangaGamer to a wider audience because, let’s face it, more people in the west know about shmups than visual novels.
People have tried, ZUN doesn’t want it licensed
mai hime would be nice does anyone know how good it is
Boxed games would be nice too, if you’re looking for more customers. Digital copies is kinda meh.
Hmm… for games.
1. To Heart 2 + sequels (I really want this one) (I’m not bothered about the original one and it is unrelated to To Heart 2)
2. Anything Da Capo based. 🙂
3. Ef (though Minori were acting Iffy against westerners with there website. But then again so did Navel so…)
4. School Days (would grab this straight away would be excellent)
5. Comic Party (might be abit old now but I’m still interested)
6. Clannad/Kanon (I’d be very interested in)
7. Utawarerumono (Again might be abit old but I guess it’d be easier to license)
8. White Album (funny anime and I would like to play the two games aswell)
9. Tokimeki Memorial (I sure it’simpossible as Konami are involved)
There the main ones. Company wise…
3. Aquaplus
5. Overflow
Pirkaf
1) Nitro+
3) Visual Arts/Key
4) Alice Soft
1) any nitro+ game that have not been translated
2) the same for innocent grey games
3) EF
4) 11 eyes
5) H2O: Footprints in the Sand
Vatina
From that list, my votes mainly go for:
Also otome game companies like Quinrose or Mio would be nice.
And some of my own additions:
Memories Off
Souten no Kanata
Heart no Kuni no Alice – Anniversary Edition
Comic Party
At least that is what I can think of right now.
masat01
Why is Little Busters! and Rewrite not on that list?!
Karomi
my top 10 developers:
1.Key
2.Cirus
3.Navel
4.Akabei Soft2
5.August
6.Studio e.go!
7.Elf
8.Groover(succeeded by Overdrive)
9.KID
10.Interchannel and Yuzusoft
my top 10 titles:
1.all from Akabei Soft2
2.all from August(specially Operation Sanctuary)
3.Air and Tomoyo After
4.Really? Really! and Oretachi ni Tsubasa wa Nai
5.Comic Party
6.Green Green
7.Izumo 1,2,3
8.Memories Off series
9.Infantaria
10.all from Yuzusoft
Type Moon, they’re making amazing games.
ralphmerridew
Re: Have you played our latest releases such as Soul Link and Higurashi Meakashi-hen?
With the prices for those games and the lack of demo, anybody who’s unsure about translation quality is unlikely to buy them cold.
Agreed. MangaGamer has already established itself as the publisher of overpriced, poorly-translated (and, in some cases, stripped-down) visual novels. The company needs to make an active effort to shake this image and prove to potential customers that it deserves their patronage. Simply saying, “we’ve changed” isn’t enough; wthout such demonstrable proof, people will naturally err on the side of caution and not buy MangaGamer’s offerings.
Releasing trial versions of newer releases is a step in the right direction. The Kira Kira demo translation is much better than what I’ve seen of MangaGamer’s earlier releases. However, as it stands, this isn’t enough. Though the Kira Kira demo is work-safe, the poor choice of screenshots on the splash page prohibits the demo from being reused on the all-age side of the site (let this be a lesson for future demos – don’t try to promote a story-centric title with sex). Higurashi’s developer posted the first arc of the game on its site as a demo, and there’s really no reason why MangaGamer shouldn’t be doing the same. Even kouryuu mentioned on the Encubed Gemot that it’s odd that an MG demo for Soul Link hasn’t been released.
Personally, I’d like to be able to form my opinion on MangaGamer’s releases. As it stands, though, the only reasonable (and I use that word very loosely) course of action is to pirate a title you’re interested in buying. That’s not a good sign by any stretch of the imagination.
I know that my posts may seem harsh, but I genuinely want to see MangaGamer succeed. I certainly don’t want anyone to follow Hirameki to its grave, that’s for sure.
I really, really would love to see Da Capo Girls’ Symphony, or any other game for girls…but it has to have a good story, nothing disjointed like Yo-Jin-Bo. I also support the all-ages games MangaGamer releases, but I would play an adult game if it was for women!
haku2008
i don’t think that realeasing a translation for a game that already has fan-translation is a good idea
so i think 11eyes or kimi ga eien would be a great sucess
Metarail
Well, I guess I could give my 2cents on the matter.
As has been said, I too think it would be foolish to try to get titles that have been already fantranslated or are being. Also on the matter of black-cyc, I would say that right now trying to get anything from them would be quite risky, altough people want them, they are still on niche side of things as altough they have pretty decent stories but they also have a lot of dark sex in them (and ordinary rape is of the more tamer side of spectrum in them) which could alienate some of the userbase, and if the word spreads it could potentialy cause another rapelay fiasco in my opinion which is just bad reputation for now. As seeing you have Leaf on the list there, you might try those darker game waters by getting Kizuato or Kusari as those are darker in content altough Leaf is mostly know for light side games. Ofcourse all this might just be useless worry, but who knows. And if you want just some good ordinary ero-ero titles Atelier Kaguya titles would sell probably well.
But for of that list I’d probably would say that more Circus titles as you probably can get them quite cheaply, liarsoft, kid/cyberfront and unionshift titles would be some pretty safe bets for profit. Off invidual games 11eyes would be sure hit. Also if you can get Rewrite that would be like one of the biggest jackpots I can think of as its among the most anticipated games right now.
Last but not least, could you somehow think about having boxed copies of games? I dont mind even if you slap +15€ on price if you have to, but I am one of those people who just dislikes DL only titles and would like to have boxes (even if it just box+dvd). And even with that added price its still cheaper than importing from japan except maybe in the caase if its some old game.
Regarding your Black Cyc comments:
This is the reason why brands and labels exist. For instance, Purina and Nestle are run by the same people, but I doubt anyone likes the image of snacking on chocolate produced by a dog food manufacturer. Distinguishing different kinds of products with different brandings cultivate different sets of expectations in the minds of consumers, which in turn fosters loyalty toward these brands.
MangaGamer has taken a step in the right direction by separating its adult and all-ages offerings, but I think the adult titles should be further broken down. Even anime publishers with different brands for their adult titles (ADV Films / SoftCel Pictures, Central Park Media / Anime18, RightStuf / Critical Mass) have alternate labels for their more sordid content (“Extreme Series”, “Dark”, “Hardcore”, etc.). Actually, I first mistook HGameZ for a subdivision of MangaGamer…
With distinct brands for its different offerings, MangaGamer could promote its lighter releases alongside their anime counterparts in otaku publications and comic magazines while marketing its darker offerings in adult-only media like Hustler. Word-of-mouth can only get you so far, and you’d be surprised at how many people complain when they expect full-fledged porn and instead get a deep story with a handful of sex scenes (and vice-versa). And, if one brand comes under fire for whatever reason, the others will be insulated against any kind of damage.
Agreed on the packaged version comment. If there were a disc release of Megaman 9, I would have picked it up already. Anime specialty shops have their own subsections for adult anime and games, and letting people chance upon a title and look at the back of the box does wonders for encouraging impulse buys. That’s serendipity, which is more effective than hoping someone will randomly click on an ad banner. I loved Suika ~Wet Summer Days~, and seeing Suika A.S+ and Da Capo on the next shelf would have guaranteed a sale or two from me, even if I’d never even heard of MangaGamer or visual novels. If I’d seen a banner for Higurashi or Kira Kira, I’d probably have dismissed it the same way I dismiss Evony ads.
I disagree on the subject of fan translations, though. Yume Miru Kusuri, Soul Link, and Suguri are just a few examples of fan translators and commercial publishers working together towards the same goal. I agree that there isn’t much reason for releasing a niche game that was fan-translated years ago, but for unfinished or high-profile projects, I think it would be foolish to outright dismiss this option. Successful retail releases of visual novels that have previously had successful anime adaptations would set a precedent that mainstream publishers will want to follow, and that can only be a good thing for fans of the medium.
Interestingly, this happened in the opposite order in Japan (why do you think anime adaptations of VNs are so commonplace nowadays?). Compare that to the Japanese and American success of Initial D (in Japan, the manga came first; here, the games came first)…
Okay, that’s enough out of me.
In reply to: ““But with their poor translations, I don’t want MangaGamer to acquire our favorite games…”
Have you played our latest releases such as Soul Link and Higurashi Meakashi-hen?”
I played Higurashi and it was an utter mess. I have a hard time believing either the translators of proof readers spoke even basic English. Here is an exemplary line:
“I eat my steamy rice with seaweeds in the beginning.”
Seriously? “Seaweeds”? What is this sentance supposed to be? This would be unacceptable from a fan translation, but you want me to pay almost €40 for it?
I just found Mangagamer’s pathetic “translations” funny when they were translating games like Edelweiss (with brilliantly translated lines like:“Why are you having hard on? Still throwing up”) that I don’t care about, but games like Higurashi I actually want to play.
You censor your games, you remove music and sound effects, you translate them terribly, and you expect us to pay for this. There are fans out there who will translate these games better, and release them for free. Please just go back to bringing out terrible porn games and stop ruining the chances for good Visual Novels to get translations to English (I don’t consider whatever Higurashi was in English).
They removed music was NOT their fault, if you want to be a whiny brat then go whine to 07th Expansion for using music they didn’t have the rights to. Also other then needing some editing, Higurashi was fine and is improving considerably. They’ve talked about the censoring and have asked for opinions on it, so it isn’t as if they do it just for some fucking laughs.
You clearly have no idea what you are talking about and need to go back to whatever piece of shit place you came from
You say it like it was impossible for MangaGamer to use the original BGMs. They could, but the effort (read: time and money) to do that wasn’t worth it. The French release also has all of the original BGMs.
I didn’t say they removed the music and censored the games “for some fucking laughs”, I just made the point that their releases are worst than what you would get from a free fan translation.
“go back to whatever piece of shit place you came from”
Thank you very much for taking the time to type this mature and well argued point. It seems the quality of Mangagamer’s commenters matches the quality of it’s releases. Seriously thought, all I was saying was that I wish Mangagamer would stay away from important games like Higurashi as the quality of their translations does no justice to the quality of the original game. There’s no need to get all crazy-fanboy on me.
Dark_Shiki
“You censor your games, you remove music and sound effects, you translate them terribly, and you expect us to pay for this. There are fans out there who will translate these games better, and release them for free.”
This quote seems to implicitly assume that fan translations can be played for free. I hope this was simply an error of interpretation on my part, because otherwise you’re a pirate (and why should anyone listen to a nonpaying “customer”?). Whatever you want to say of their translations, MG brings games over for half the price of importing. Why anyone would begrudge that is beyond me. And in any case, their translation of Higurashi didn’t even affect the fan translation project. The point of your rant is completely lost on me.
Obtain the Infinity series from KID! I would love to play Never 7, Remember 11, and 12Riven.
grgspunk
You know, since School Days isn’t as much of a visual novel as it is an interactive anime movie, it has stands a much better chance of attracting a crowd that wouldn’t normally be interested in visual novels.
SSGDS
2. Liar-Soft
3. Akabeisoft2
4. Regista
6. Alicesoft
1. I/O
2. Gore Screaming Show
3. Daibanchou: Big Bang Age
4. Steins;Gate
5. Nursery Rhyme
6. Narcissu 1-3
7. Mai-Hime
8. 11eyes
9. Mindead Blood
Another game I’d like to see is the Dies Irae games from light
magicalgirlj
Me too, I really like horror and dark VN’s
More all-ages visual novels please, or all-ages versions of other popular VNs.
My list of top VNs I’d like to see translated:
1. Rewrite (not out yet, but it would be awesome to
see a simultaneous, or near-simultaneous japanese/english release) (all-ages version)
2. 12Riven
3. Air (all-ages version)
4. Tomoyo After (all-ages version)
5. Never 7
I’d like to add on a side note, that I think its awesome that you’re checking with with the fanbase like this, and also, I think that you guys have defiantly improved the quality of your releases, if all future release are as good as the Meakashi release, I’ll be a very satisfied customer!
Jikap
While i agree with many of the above posts, there is one additional game I’d be very exited to see (ported and) licenced, if it’s even possible, lol.
“428: Fūsa Sareta Shibuya de” (by Chunsoft)is a Wii visual novel game (though it’s been ported to PSP and PS3 later) which is pretty known for getting a perfect score on Famitsu Weekly. And since it’s a Wii game, a fan translation seems highly unlikely at the moment…
If you somehow managed to release this, you would get to release a critically acclaimed title, with a story we haven’s already been seen/read in some way before, yet you would also get the anime tie-in (The anime series “Canaan” is based on a special scenario within the game) and the interest of Type-moon fans as well. (the special scenario was contributed by Type-Moons Nasu Kinoko and Takashi Takeuchi )…
Well, that’s my thought about it anyway, something tells me that getting the license for this could become a monumental task to begin with…
Indeed. If you’re lucky, the rights lie with the original developer, Chunsoft, in which case you’d have to pay regular video game licensing fees (and that’s a LOT). If you’re less lucky, the rights lie with the publisher, Sega, and we all know how large a company that is…
davidlu9837
There have been many good suggestions. Like many others I would prefer to see you not go after games already fan translated or nearing completion. I’ve been playing VNs since 2004 and I’m thrilled at the way the number of titles with english translations is expanding rapidly. I’m also happy that some of the ero games are now uncensored since censoring distorts the artwork.
Two ero game developers that might be considered are Black Rainbow and Tinker Bell. While their titles are all ero games most of them at least have a somewhat decent story. Another benefit is that they produce games with a variety of themes and with several artists so their games don’t get stale.
HiagoX
These are the top developers to me, which I want their works to be translated:
And the games I REALLY want to be translated officialy:
1. Remember11 (KID/CYBERFRONT)
2. Ef: The First Tale (minori)
3. Ef: The Latter Tale (minori)
4. Tomoyo After (Visual Arts/Key)
5. Riven12 (KID/CYBERFRONT)
6. Never7 (KID/CYBERFRONT)
7. Little Busters! EX (Visual Arts/Key)
The name’s 12Riven, not Riven12. Also, Remember11 and ef are nearing completion and Clannad is practically completed if you’re interested in the fan translations.
I’m sorry, mistake on my part. Seriously, how could I mistake 12Riven for Riven12.
And as much as I know, Remember11 is only being translated and not actually having the text hacked into the game. Correct me if I’m mistaken.
Also, I know about Clannad and Ef, and I played them. But I would really appreciate an official translation, specially because the Visual Novel might get more known from that, instead of being more like hidden in the internet.
You are very mistaken. The text is very often inserted into the game, and I already played most of the game long before it was even edited. If you’re in a rush, you can grab an unedited, unchecked work-in-progress patch from its TLWiki talk page, but if you’re patient, you’ll get edited and QCed patches you can use with the game.
Translation is almost finished, but editing is taking somewhat longer. They’ll be releasing a patch for the first half of the game soon: “March 1, 2010 – Kokoro QC and editing on all scripts, including tips, FINISHED! All that remains are the QC issues (bugs) addressed in the talk pages (edit: Pengvado, thanks for zapping all of those and for the new prelim patch!) is tip insertion, and it can be release tiem!”
I see, that’s really good. I will be waiting to play it then. Thank you for the information.
Darrel Meadows
I would like to see Rewrite, Air, and unvoiced Nitro+ games.
echo of death
A newer title, rather than an older classic.
With gameplay (preferred RPG). Rather than newspaper, err…. I mean just text.
reading through the submissions, I have to disagree with some posts regarding the translation of titles that have fan translations to them.
1) if the Fan Translations have been announced but have *NOT* released anything or have only released an incomplete batch. Then I don’t see the problem of licensing such a title. Why would there be a problem? if the approach is “it is already coming from another source so find something else”, then you need to keep in mind that the fans are not bound by any contract and therefore might decide to drop the project if they feel like it. (not to mention that this would be counter one of the fans reasons to translate in the first place, their efforts are blocking *official* releases)
2) releasing titles that have already been fully translated by fans. In this case, it depends on the title. Example, even though I bough the Clannad FV DVD, am I willing to buy an *official* English released version? then the answer is ‘yes’. This would be to serve 2 purposes, (1) send a message to ‘key’ that the English market is interested in their products, (2) the official released will come with a newer engine that will support Windows 64bit. (although, I am not sure if others will feel the same way about buying a 2nd copy for the *sake* of buying a 2nd copy).
any way, I know that this have been brought up in the past with JAST and MG, but I’ll try to bring up a different version of the console adaption. Have you considered releasing *official* translation *batches* for console games? In other words, the user will have to import the console game like normal, but then s/he will have to option to *buy* the batch from XBL or PSN and apply it to his/her game?
I know that the above sound stupid and most likely never happen, but hey, I had to post it!
aaaaaa…. I typed “batch” instead of “patch”…. sorry
/me take a break from learn Japanese and go back to English classes
Well the thing with the consoles though is that a majority of them were all PS2 releases, and while (some) PS3s are BC they still can’t play PS2 games from a different region. In order to play them we would either need to mod the PS2s or import Japanese ones.
many new titles are being released for the PS3 and Xbox360. Playing the PS3 titles isn’t a problem, but Xbox360 games are regional locked to Japan. I don’t know if there is a way for a patch to remove the regional lock, but that is the problem with the Xbox360.
any way, another option would be the PSP games, there are many of them to choice from and it is regional free.
as for the PS2, we just need to wait and see if the developers will port them the PSP or not. Some titles have been release for both the PC as well as the console, but some titles are exclusively released for the console and might never see the light of day on the PC. Those are the titles that I am interested in. Nice titles…. but will never get released in English, unless the console version can get patched.
Okamikakushi for example would be awesome, but if Mangagamer can’t tackle the risk of printing a bunch of copies of PC games for mail order, PSP (or any console) is totally out of the question. Licensing fees, quality control, marketing costs, retail distribution, sales agreements… etc it’s a huge enterprise compared to translating the script of a doujin game, slapping some drm over it and putting the download for sale on your page (not implying that is easy, but it sure is easier). I don’t think Mangagamer has enough margins yet to take that risk.
Maybe if they managed to talk Sony (or Microsoft;I’d buy a 360 for Steins;Gate alone) into a partnership…
Would they necessarily have to release it for PSP? They’ve converted other games to use BGI in the past.
just a thought…. but is there any reason why the patch can’t include the executable that will need the PS2 DVD to be in the drive?
if the executable is ported to the Xbox360 or PS3, won’t that solve the problem? (never tried this, so am not sure if it is possible).
This is quite easy, I don´t see a point in releasing titles such as Clannad or Kanon, which are already available in English with fan-translations. I´ll give +1 for School Days even that there is fan-translation project dedicated to it, just because I want to see it translated sooner.
Gorgils
From the “Top 10 Titles” what I would like to see translated is (with my priority order) :
– 11eyes ~Tsumi to Batsu to Aganai no Shoujo~
– MAI-Hime -Unmei no Keitoujyu
And the other titles I’d like to see translated are (with my priority order again) :
-Valkyrie Complex
-Seinarukana -The Spirit of Eternity Sword 2-
-Himegari Dungeon Meister
-Full Ani
Also anything from Nitro+
planetarian
KEY! ANYTHING and EVERYTHING by KEY!
Also, Type-Moon. I know there are already translations made, but the more ‘official’ it is, the more likely it’ll be for this genre of game to ‘catch on’.
I’m sick of seeing vendors like J-List carrying 99% trash titles with no plot and tons of sex. I want to see more titles with appreciable plot and character development.
AstralSword
1. Hire Takajun. If there is a man that can understand Nasu’s way of writing, that’s him.
2. I would love to read “the real” Phantom of Inferno Visual Novel, since the DVD version sucked.
shady123
^NNL
Do some googling.
I would like games from Alicesoft because of their gameplays. I would also really like to finish the infinity series (12Riven, Never7, etc.). Akabeisoft2 is good too, but there are translations for some of their games already so yeah. I really think Giga (Baldr series) and Age (Muv Luv series, Kimi Ga Nozumu) are really good choices that you should look into as well.
Games from Key and TYPE-MOON, there’s no real need since there will always be enough fanbase for fans to translate them.
Basically, Mangagamer should get games, that you know fans would never translate and wouldn’t really have much chance of ever appearing in English.
Norenia
I’d definitely support getting BlackCyc stuff. However, unlike everyone else, I’m really into their Voice in the Night/Yami no Koe series (which aren’t very novel-like).
Fábio Henrique
Good Evening ! :3
I’d be most excited by the Baldr Sky games, personally.
But yeah, in my opinion, the Infinity series from KID (Remember11, Never7 and 12Riven if you consider it as a Infinity title instead of a Climinal title) are a must for official translation.
Keefer
Developers :
– Alicesoft
– Giga
– Studio ego!
– Innocent Grey
Kara no Shoujo is being translated right now (85% atm). So no need to include it in the list. I want 11eyes!
Nidli
1. Shuffle! Essence+
3. CLANNAD
5. Kanon
I thought “Shuffle!” and “Da Capo” were fun, so if there are more like that I would be very interested in seeing those at Mangagamer.
I’m just getting in to this so I’m sure there are many I have yet to see but I would be interested in seeing many more story driven types rather than the constant sex scenes. That being said, I can’t say whether or not some of those on my list are “constant sex scene” types but what I have heard of the anime’s has made me interested enough in playing through them to get me to buy them if I see them here.
mai hime and shuffle and games like air and kanon sound with they have the best chance
since clannad’s art is on the top of this post and mai hime since mangagamer already has ties to circus
Just to throw something else into the mix, what about Front Wing? Specifically their “uta” series. After reading a few reviews, I really fancy playing Sorauta…
Most of their games have been translated, with little busters also on the way. It might be a good idea to go for Tomoyo after and Kud wafter, but the former is a disappointment for anyone who’s expecting more clannad and the latter is yet to be released.
Most of their games do have good stories, and there are certainly enough to try and go for. However, I wouldn’t say that any of their games are really amazing (though good art is guaranteed). I would try for the Mai hime game and D.C.II to build on the existing fanbase, but nothing else (D.C.II P.C. might be an option, but I’m not sure if the extra routes are worth it).
Haven’t played their games.
Well, Jast does have a partnership with them, but if you people can steal Steins;Gate from them and give it a PC port I will worship the ground you walk on. Plus, it’ll be easy to promote, as VN fans recognize the Nitro+ label, and most people will recognize the art from the popularity of Black Rock Shooter.
I wouldn’t go in this direction. Hirameki international translated Ever17 because it was the best in the series, the others in the infinity series just aren’t as good and will be a pain to translate. KID’s other games are mostly forgetful slice of lifes, and their Memories off series are quite generic.
Ah, now here’s another company with recognition. Once again, there are already translation projects for many of their games, and the licensing fees would be quite high. But buying the fan translation is always an option, and if money isn’t a problem, To heart 2 is another cute and romantic game not unlike Da Capo, and Kimi ga Yobu, Megiddo no Oka de might be a good option for the people who want gameplay.
Once again, the existing translation problem.
YES. Their mysteries are fantastic, though quite different from that of Higurashi, and their art will be good for attracting buyers. Get Caucasus!
Many people are interested in this company after the translation of Sekien no Inganock, so their games might be a good idea.
If you can get a deal with them and work on translation the games that they’re working on right now the entire community will worship you.
Their games are cute, and Itou Noizi’s art will be a major point for most people, so I think it’s a good choice.
I don’t think it’s worth it.
Quite an interesting game, and good for the anime fans.
Never played it.
The anime has rekindle people’s interests, and most people don’t want Hirameki’s DVD, so it might be a good idea.
Don’t bother.
See if you can work with the fans that are translating it right now.
A good game, though some people might be turned away from it after seeing the anime. If you are going to try and translate it, see if you can do a port of the Xbox 360 version.
I’m not that interested in it, but I think that the pure novelty will draw a good number of people, so it might be a good choice financially.
Personally, I would recommend Etude’s games (especially Soshite Ashite no Seki yori), Pulltop’s games (especially Haruka ni Aogi, Uruwashino), Palette’s games (especially Moshimo ashita no sekai yori). Those are all love dramas with comedy, slice of life, and plot twists (just don’t promote Haruka ni aogi as “from the maker of princess waltz”, because they’re from different authors).
Giga’s games are also quite interesting. The Baldr series would definitely get people talking, though I would also recommend Parfait Chocolat second brew for a slice of life romance with drama (I wouldn’t go for it’s prequel, cafe au ciel bleu or its spiritual successor Kono aozora yakusoku wo though).
If licensing fees are a problem, there might be some good in trying to translate some of the doujin games. Killer queen and himawari comes to mind (though they’re not going to generate as much buzz as some of the commercial titles).
Please, please, PLEASE don’t translate games that run on character appeal and not actual story. I’m not just talking about sex romps like the stuff from Berkshire Yorkshire but also stories like Shuffle (yes, I don’t think shuffle has plot). I mean, I understand that it’s easier to make money from them but really, there’s no point in translating games where the the main attraction, no, the ONLY attraction, is pretty pictures.
>AIR
>Don’t bother
Wait, what? Why shouldn’t MangaGamer release one of only two Key games that have no patches of any kind yet, and the only one that has no current translation project? It even has an anime series and a very popular brand name.
He’s a bogus,the Key/Type-Moon must have to be releasing by Mangagamer even their novels before translated by translators u.u
A. I’m a she.
B. Why do you think so?
gaudy6523
B. Yagami works with a Brazilian visual novel pirating group. Being able to pirate a commercial release carries with it more prestige than just distributing a patch that’s already freely available.
When I played air, it was after I watched the anime, and I have to say that I was disappointed. The anime really captured the finest points of it, despite cutting out the majority of the slice-of-life, and the VN doesn’t have much to add to that. It’s like endless eight, I’d rather see new material rather than stuff I already know about presented in a different way
Except there’s
a) other Air anime fans who are interested in the original VN and therefore disagree with you
b) Key fans who haven’t watched the Air anime. I haven’t watched the anime to avoid spoilers, as I hope the Air VN will one day be translated.
I agree with Choux in that regard. Please, what the fans, who actually go for every visual novel release just to see if the story is worthy it, really want are stories with at least a badly done plot, and not a visual novel with no plot at all.
The visual appeal is great, of course, but it do not hit the spot alone. I am a big Type-Moon fan, but Nitro+ is also a very great one. If I can say one good Visual Novel made by Nitro+ that no one mentioned above and nobody kept translating (since the only translation project is stalled for more than a year) is Gekkou no Carnevale.
Type-Moon has other projects to be released, so it might be wise to team up with them now, while the hammer is still striking the iron hard.
zalas
Here’s my take on the whole “it’s already been fan translated” thing. If MangaGamer does not expand their customer base beyond mostly people who are knowledgeable enough to play fan translations, then I don’t see MangaGamer lasting very long; there is not enough people to support an operation like that. If MangaGamer does expand their customer base by licensing high-profile titles and doing cross-promotions with anime companies, then they have a good chance at surviving, and whether fan translations exist or not would be a moot point since a large number of their customers by then would have never heard of/downloaded fan translations. In that case, the existence of a fan translation may even allow MangaGamer the opportunity to simply purchase the translation itself, reducing time to market.
Yes, that’s one point of view. And it may be correct. However, there’s one thing you’re forgetting and that’s the danger of attracting unwanted attention from certain circles wanting to ban this industry for good. So I think these things are not easy in this market from, let’s say, “marketing” point of view.
Yes, there’s always the risk of that. But hey, the R1 anime industry managed to stay out of trouble so far, and they had that whole “anime=violence/porn” stigma to shake off. Besides, what better way to help the cause than to push high-profile all-ages games 😉
I’m always worried, I suppose, that re-releasing titles will be detrimental. Would the market actually expand? Or will they just lost a third of the existing customer base that already read the story?
If MangaGamer can’t expand their market with a release like CLANNAD or AIR, then I believe there’s a good chance they’re doomed. 😉
I agree with zalas on this. This is the same as anime fansubbing, some might not get the licensed R1 release because they watched the fansub. But many others haven’t even heard of the fansub and would go out to buy the DVD/BD when it comes out (plus, their are some who will buy the DVD *because* they watch the fansub and liked the show). The fact that R1 DVD anime sales means that there is a market of people who don’t use fansub or in this case, fan translation.
also, one of the things harming MG’s sales is that fact that MG website is the *ONLY* place you can buy from. VN fans who are outside the circle might never have heard of MG and those who did, via forums or blogs, only heard about the bad translation or censorship. So unless MG allow other anime sites to list and resale their titles, then (if I get what zalas is trying to say), they have reached their limit and might start to fail.
errr… I was suppose to press the reply link 🙁
any way, I forgot something, as your releases get bigger, you will have to consider the option of releasing a physical copy. If you think that all of your fans will be able to download “School Days” then think again.
I for one do have a problem downloading files that are bigger then 1GB (unless it is a torrent, torrents will continue the download if it is interrupted and will “make sure that the file is 100% correct”).
Amoirsp
Hm, looks like the pool is pretty clear cut.
Well I personally would like to see the NekoNekoSoft works. The formula is simple to follow through, with components of slice of life and romance, with a past/present system to place variations (instead of running the same general route many times for different choice combinations). Well, this would run more on the Shuffle/Da Capo spectrum equation-wise, but I think it runs a bit more story, possesses familiarity, and has a reasonable duration and alternative paths. It’s like there’s enough ability to recognize the games/company but at the same time, was never really fleshed out too much. I’m just thinking it’d be nice to see something a bit inbetween where you can recognize it but haven’t delved into it much and yet not be so unknown.
Regarding Shuffle/Da Capo, both have had other mediums, additional games extending it, and such, so these were reasonable “bases”. Running games that are in a school but with a more intriguing plot system would seem good. Well, can’t have too much of it or the variety you’d have would kind of saturate.
Another I would say is Pulltop games. I find the presentation of those games good, in the sense that the art is enough to entice with a plausible story behind it.
In other words, visual novels that are more story oriented than the ones currently, but still run a formula that’s simple looking with possibly similar selling points.
Certainly there are very well written visual novels as well, but there also comes much more difficulty running a translation, and the presentation of the games would have to be much different as well. Certainly the quality would be there, but the contrast to the existing games would be very dire as well. I would think progressively in that direction is good.
I definitely think going with a company that has productions a while ago (say 2001), not too long ago (perhaps 2004) and recently (2009) spawns enough base to go for since it’s worked out for a good duration, and still is continuing.
I honestly would think a company that’s been out for a while would work. A company like AUGUST seems feasible in terms of recognizing it. Perhaps not great on the plot end, but has used an equation that works.
So I suppose for avid visual novel readers, you’d want to tackle a work that has really good story. Likely there would be more complexity in the dialogue and lines, as well as more length. It would be a better read, but it would also narrow the pool. It’d be difficult to churn out a variety of already difficult to read in Japanese set of visual novels. Though if the first selection of that kind works because of the good writing, the subsequent ones would also work. (Oh and it’d be like, the most worth it if the translation was great. A much harder to translate game can spew frustration more easily, as it’s very easy to lose meaning on intricate dialogue. On a less intensive game dialogue wise it can flow with more variation more easily.)
Anyhow I personally would still want to see NekoNekoSoft games since it’s within the same kind of atmosphere but has sufficient content to be an interesting read. It’s simpler too. Can’t go too complex. I’d say medium length games are feasible. I would say this type would be intriguing enough to try, but simple enough to get into (though again with say, Shuffle or Da Capo, you already cover the say, school scenario. Again, plot goes a little further, and school scenario works in general.).
Realistically it’s not a bad idea to shoot for a company that presents games that were already mentioned on the pool of commentary. You would be presenting a game different than what you already have. It would cover the wants presented in commentary already, but I’m not sure about how it would pull in new interest.
Well, at least have fun with what does work out. Even if you pick out the right game, the availability of the company might not be there.
NekoNekoSoft would be awesome. I love the atmosphere of their games.
From the top ten list, I would like to see:
SHUFFLE! Essence+
Gore Screaming Show
-Phantom of Inferno
It have already been released in English (but that version was a mess). If MG can release it without those problems, i think a lot people would be interested.
-CLANNAD
Popular VN, but a English fan translation have already been made (Full Voice version if MG decides to release it please)
-Kara no Shoujo
If MG can make a deal with the people doing the fan translation then please, go for it, but otherwise i think the fantran is too far ahead.
-Kanon
Pretty much the same deal as with CLANNAN.
-School Days
As some people already have said earlier, it might be a little too big for some people.
Games that are not on the list i would like to see:
Tsukihime (the remake)(Type-Moon)
Kimi ga Nozomu Eien -Latest Edition- (age)
Tick! Tack!/Really? Really! (Navel)
Happiness!/Re:Lucks (Windmill)
Tsuyokiss/MiniKiss/2 (Candy Soft)
Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru (Caramel Box)
Nursery Rhyme (Lump of Sugar)
And seriously, what the hell is minori doing on that list.
I don’t think we can compare the anime and visual novel industries because of the differences in their fan translations.
First of all, you NEED to pirate the anime in order to watch a fansub. With fan translations however, a copy of the original game is needed (…well, most of the time).
Which brings me to why we buy DVDs and Blu-rays in the first place. I don’t know for you guys, but I buy them for two reasons. The first one is to support the company behind the product and the second one is to actually own a physical copy of what I like.
As you can see, unlike the anime industry, I can actually support the original company with a fan translation and, in MangaGamer’s case, have a physical copy of the game. Furthermore, if I ever learn Japanese in the future (which I intent to), I’ll be able to read it in its original language since I already have the game in Japanese.
So yeah, what I mean is that it’s kinda hard to justify buying an official release instead of going with a fan translation when it comes visual novels since you seem to get a better deal with the latter while still supporting the guys behind what you like.
Oh, and before someone brings this up. Yeah, I know that a lot of people actually pirate the games instead of importing them when it comes to fan translations. However, do you really think someone who chose to download the game illegally when he had the choice to do otherwise will choose to buy it this times around if an official release comes out.
Why, oh why, do you think this needs to be more complicated than it has to be?
For one, not everyone is like you. Some of us would just like to own a legal copy of a game they love, without having to pay import fees for a disc. Not too much to ask I don’t think.
For two, when you buy an anime/game/anything, a portion of that money goes to the original company. Period. It’s not like Mangagamer here is hording all the dough they get from the games they translate, a portion goes back to the company. At the same time, your other “point” is nulled by this. I >AM< supporting the company by buying an official release, albiet indirectly.
You may feel it's a better deal, but that's for you, not me, and certainly not everyone else. Please preach elsewhere and don't waste my time.
Also, it's "intend" not "intent".
Where exactly did I say that buying from a company like MangaGamer wouldn’t benefit for the original creators? My point was that, unlike fansubs, fan translations actually encourage buying a copy of the original game. In other words, you can support the original creators with both a fan AND official translations. Sorry if that wasn’t clear enough.
Anyway, what I said was, of course, only my opinion (hence why I wrote using ‘I’ instead of ‘we’). I can see why you would prefer buying an official release instead and I respect your opinion.
By the way, thanks for pointing out that little mistake. English isn’t my first language so…
Orophin you might wish to re-read zalas’s post. There is a good number of fans who are NOT in the circle and who *might* not know about the existence of the fan translation patch.
the way it is being discussed looks like this “we are the ONLY fans. Since we already got the fans translation patch don’t bother licensing this title”. The counter argument is “there are *OTHERS*, out side our circle plus future comers, who have never heard of the fan translation and who might be interested in getting the title once they find out about it*”
* it would be cheaper for the *new* comers to get it from MG then importing and patching the title.
P.S. as time passes, the fan translation won’t help the new comers since the original title is out of print. So if they still wish to *pay* and *support* the developer, then getting the *official* release would be their only option.
While I can see where you’re coming from, there’s one little problem: MangaGamer doesn’t have enough exposure. New comers are more likely to learn about the fan translation before the official one. For example, if you type ‘Higurashi English translation’ in google, the first thing you get is Sonozaki Futago-tachi’s fan translation, and after going through 10 pages of results, I still couldn’t find a link to MangaGamer’s website.
Anyway, like AstralSword said, we’re getting off-topic here so I won’t say any more.
They’re asking what we want to see, and if a person or some people don’t want to see a certain title then it’s their right to maintain their opinion.
Easy fellas…
I have this kind of problem in my country too. There’s no import of whatsoever japanese products in Brazil, which makes the only opition to buy it online and import. But that’s a really hard thing, since most websites like Amazon DO NOT import here. Hence, we would have to hire another importing service, which would end up in a customer paying more than twice the original product’s price.
But this is another matter, so let’s not get off topic in a serious thread as this, shall we?
This thread is asking, as it’s name implies, which Visual Novel the readers want translated (if I could, ALL of them -^) and I already said the ones I want (at least the first in my list).
And despite Mirrormoon’s translations of Type-Moon work being awesome (because they really are) I would like to read an official release as well, and I don’t think this wish is mine alone (meaning, having the opportunity to buy it, we will).
Me too,I don’t like translations u.u
What is that supposed to mean?
Reminds me of a time in anime club where we forgot to turn on the subtitles and were about to go back to the DVD menu when someone shouted “subtitles are for the weak!” 😉
mstrchef117
I also agree that MangaGamer should avoid VNs with active tl projects as that might possibly reduce the number of customers.
Thus, my requests would be
KimiNozu
Cartagra/Pianissimo (or other Innocent Gray works)
Uberzaki
I think that Mangagamer should do whatever it thinks will make the most profit, long term and short term. I imported Umineko and CLANNAD and found UK customs were there to make sure that I never did it again, so I welcome DDL.
So go for it. Fan translations aren’t meant to damage official translation prospects.
That said, don’t licence left and right, the companies will raise their prices like they did with another related industry. Key/visual arts is a pretty big company (although Overdrive and Circus )are pretty big too), so the publicity could be a double-edged sword.
I would love it if Chunsoft’s 428 and Machi would be licenced/translated though.
As far as developers go, I’d like to see MangaGamer work with:
1. Key/Visual Arts
3. Atelier Kaguya
As far as games go, I’d like to see MangaGamer go after:
1. Little Busters!
4. Prima Stella
8. School Days
9. Tick! Tack!
10. Really? Really!
As far as games go, I like story and character driven games. Though I would also like to see some good ero-ero games like Prima Stella as I also enjoy ero, and that’s why I’d also like to see Mangagamer work with developers like Atelier Kaguya. Some darker themed games like the ones by Black Cyc would also be nice; stuff like Gore Screaming Show. Some games with actual gameplay would be nice too.
Lout-kun
Such heated discussion from knowledgeable sources… my reply feels out of place.
Oh well, here goes nothing: seeing as I can neither read kanji nor speak a lick of Japanese, I would just like it if the folks at MG keep up the good work with pumping out translated games. Though, if given the option, to place priority in translating titles that are more colorful and plentiful in their stories than they are in their h-scenes. For example, games akin to Da Capo before games like Cosplay Alien.
I’d like Umineko No Naku Koro Ni. I’m not actually much of an anime fan but I like things like this that are like reading a mystery novel.
Not probable. Guys (fan)translating Umineko are actually doing their job really quickly, unlike those guys (fan)translating Higurashi.
There’s even ingame references to The Witch Hunt. Not happening, except if the group breaks up or something like that.
Well Witch Hunt, while having Ryukishi’s approval, isn’t an official translation.
Black Cyc Games! More specifically, Gore Screaming Show or Mindead Blood. Also, the KID/Cyberfront games could be a marvelous choice! Only Never7 and 12Riven, because Ever17 is already licensed and Remember11 is closed to be completely translated in english, so I think there’s little point in licensing it.
@Melissa, Are you crazy? Why license Umineko when there’s a fairly good (and fast) translation team doing it?
Eh, people might want it because it’s probably easier to buy the MangaGamer version than it is to buy the original Japanese version. However, I’m fairly doubtful 07th Expansion would be interested in having MangaGamer release this considering the current status of the fan translation.
I’m hugely into H-RPGs (visual novel / RPG hybrids), and this market is scarcely tapped at the moment with quality, gameplay-focused titles (with the usual attention to story and characters you’d expect in visual novels).
Companies I’d really like to see deals with:
Eushully (favorite!)
Softhouse Chara
Titles I’d like to see:
Ikusa Megami Zero (Eushully)
Big Bang Ages (Alicesoft)
Wizard’s Climber (Softhouse Chara)
Seinarukana (Xuse)
Localize a gameplay focused RPG…and the fans will come. Fans who’ve had little interest in MG to this point. The plus side for MG is that localizing an RPG shouldn’t be any more difficult than localizing a typical text-heavy visual novel. In some cases, it might even be easier, because there’s less text involved.
Ecchi-style RPGs like Ar Tonelico and soon Record of Agarest War have attracted a cult following. MG should try to capitalize on this potential market.
I would also like to add my support for seeing Eushully’s Ikusa Megami series
I’d love to see some tactical or simulation(are they callen that way?) rpgs.
Unfortunately i can’t name any particular titles because i don’t speak a single word japanese, but something like utawarerumono or men at work 2 would be nice, something more complex and non-linear like sengoku rance would be awesome!
Emphasis on ‘like’ – i don’t think translating games that already have a fan translation (even though perhaps a bad one) is a sound economical idea.
yay Gore Screaming Show and 11eyes are on the list. I am glad others also like Black Cyc games
One more suggestion…
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Cafe Little Wish by Princess Soft & Patissier
I believe Patisster went out of business, but they would be a good game, I like the art in it
iyaaaaaaaaaaaa
I’d like games with mature women and big boobies like the titles from G.J? I prefer art that has a realistic weight.
I’d also like ones that are not pure visual novels and have different fun game system elements.
And finally I’d like those oujo sama games or w/e they are called with moe moe variety type girls.
Little Busters would be nice as well…
Ph34r
1. Zettai Maou ~Boku no Mune-kyun Gakuen Saga~
2. Sakura Tale
3. Mai Hime
4. Comic Party
5. Tomoyo After
6. Sengoku Hime
6. Princess Lover
7. Kimi ga Aruji de Shitsuji ga Ore de
As for Companies i don´t really know much about them :3 so i don´t really have favoret ones
I just want to see the 11 eyes *O*
Really, I am waiting for some time a traslated version of 11 eyes *O*
Based off of the list, here are the ones I’d want.
MAI-Hime -Unmei no Keitoujyu-
Kara no Shoujo
I’d also want to see Tomoyo After and Little Busters get a release as well.
Sifian
The two titles I can think of that most interest me would be
1) Tayutama: Kiss on my Deity, which was one of the better romantic comedies of 2009
2) Resort BOIN. The H-OVA series it’s based on is probably the best ero I’ve ever seen.
I can assure you that I’d never consider buying School Days, or anything else by that parent company. The anime left too much bitter feeling after having it- it’s one of the few things I’d purge from my memory if I could.
I have negligible interest in any Key titles, save maybe Little Busters, which lacks anime adaptation. Having watched Kanon(2006) prior to playing it, I thought the game was a waste of 20+ hours of my life given how amazingly faithful the anime was. I assume Clannad would be similar.
bah- typed that backwards. I’m aware the h-game predates the RB ova.
Jindan
Hey guys did you forget about To heart 2? The anime wasnt much but the art and the story of the game is really amazing!!! Just think about it
If you want to get more dark eroge like Liquid’s but better, then I reccomend approaching these companies:
1) Black Rainbow (they’re very well known for their saiminjutsu (hypnosis)series)
http://www.blackrainbow.jp/index2.html
2)Speed (the Kansen series (basically a zombie survival themed eroge, and considering the popularity of game series like Resident Evil and Left 4 Dead, this would definitely appeal to people)
http://www.sp-janis.com/brand/speed.shtml
3) Assemblage/Tacchi (the Mayonaka series (this is basically where your MC is a pure evil devil summoner who enslaves the heroines)
http://www.assemblage.co.jp/asm/index2.html
4) Tinkerbell (okay these guys are a mixed bag of light and dark theme, they brought us the Hitozuma Kasumi-san games, but they also brought us the extreme tentacle eroge series Inyouchuu)
http://www.cyberworks.jp/contents.html
chad001
I must say, Shuffle Essence+ and 11eyes seem attractive, especially since you’ve already done the original Shuffle, that should save a lot of time in Essence+.
Also, I’ve heard that 11eyes is; “Something with story, rather than sex!” to quote you. Apparently, it has a brilliant plot, and more plot twists than we can comprehend.
MAI-Hime and Phantom of Inferno for PC will surely bring you a lot of new fans (considering the success of recent anime adaptation of the latter). 11eyes seems interesting too. In general I think you should concentrate on translating VNs with strong plot rather than random eroges. And you’ll lose from translating Kanon, Clannad and other titles that already have translation patches.
visual novels you should go for:
1. shuffle tick tack
6. shuffle really really
7. chaos head
2. navel
omark
Koibito doushi de surukoto zenbu (http://www.getchu.com/soft.phtml?id=450625), This is a game that fully delivers on what it set out to do,if you love slice of life with your girlfriend this game is for you.Recommended for People who love slice of life, people who are looking for normal ero, people who want a happy game
i’d like to see 11eyes ;p
Lolpie
Personally I’d like to see Shuffle! Essence+ translated, since I really enjoyed the original. The only downside about Shuffle! is that I couldn’t go for Mayumi and Kareha, which is why i want Essence+ ^^ I’d also like to see MAI-Hime translated. Oh, and Kanon has already been translated.
Kinji
Me i would personally prefer shuffle essence,tick-tack and the other one,baldr-sky dive well if your a mech-fan yea,lets see…Da Capo Plus Communication..i heard mangagamer got license for it but idk since yall gonna start working on DC II or the plus communication for the 2nd so idk XD.
Ahah same as Lolpie MOST BASIC reason i want essence is since in the regular shuffle you cant get mayumi and kareha and boy T_T i wanted a chance atleast to go for them like for rin and sakura for eiden fantasia it’d be great if this came out aswell ^)^.
Happymaniack
1. Shuffle Tick! Tack!
2. Shuffle Really? Really!
All Shuffle! series has confirmed as future relases of Mangagamer ^^
hurray!
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Mei Shoujo by PalaceGame & Tanuki Soft
I wanna play Shuffle! series because they has a nice storyline.
boerbiet
Perhaps a late reply, but meh. I agree with people who discourage you from picking up a title which already has a (substantial) fan translation.
My personal preference goes towards darker themed games. Recent titles are preferred (f.e. Liquid titles from the past 2 years), due to the ever progressing quality in the artwork. I have no specific company in mind, but dark themed games involving gang bangs and rape are my fetish. It’s understandable if you wish to avoid such titles, though 🙂
Then pleae support our want for Black Cyc. Trust me, they’ll more than satisfy you
necrojesta
definitely visual arts/key and clannad, keep it up ^^
Haryel
Definitely Overflow games. They’re different from what we’ve seen out there and I’m sure it would sell a lot since you don’t find fantrans for those games.
School Days, Summer Days and Cross days would be a blockbuster title to have translated.
I have played only a few games but i definitely vote for Navel games. I really like to play the English version of Shuffle! Essence+.
All Navel VNs had previosly confirmed by Mangagamer to release ^^
I’d vote for games with gameplay, or with intense story, and DECENTLY mature characters :p. You know at least 16/17+ (and they would have to look like it <_<).
I guess characters like in Soul link (for most of them) or Suck My dick or die are just fine..
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Dancing Crazies by SofthouseChara
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MARE-MARE-MARE -Sister Plus- by Visualart’s & Mana
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Maximum Magic by Lime(Navel’s sister)
And all other Lime’s visual novels ^^
Yagami LOL
School Days series(School Days and Cross Days) by 0verflow ^^
http://animanga77.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/school_days_main.jpg
http://cavves.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/som-ona-hole-3.jpg
Games from Navel, Circus and minori are highest on the list of games I want translated =) First of all I NEED Navel’s Shuffle! Essence+, and after that comes Circus games, and then minori games ^_^ I choose visual novels by their art and theme, and Navel, Circus and minori are my top 3 choices here =)
Da Capo Plus Communication, and anything done by leaf, they make good stuff.
SamTheNayru
1. Visual Arts/Key +100
There’re lots of translations around already, so it’s kinda useless. But I guess I’d like it. I’m a big fan of Key after all.
4. Nitroplus +1
Always wanted to play ChaosHead!!
7. minori +100
ef is amazing. Need to play the whole game!
Top Visual Novels
5. CLANNAD +100
Need. To. Play. This.
7. Kanon (Visual Arts/Key) +10
9. 11eyes (Lass) +1000
I’ve been looking for a translation EVERYWHERE. Nowhere to be found. This is my most anticipated VN at the moment. I need to play this! Please license this!
10. School Days (Overflow) +1000
No full translations to be found. Just like 11eyes, one of my most anticipated VNs. Also need to play this so bad!
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Pure Pure Mimi to Shippo no Monogatari by KLEIN
there’s a translation patch in progress for that
It’s don’t be a factor to hinder this VN for release by Mangagamer,unofficial translations is very ugly ¬¬
KoiNoDensetsu
Kimi ga Nozomu Eien and Akane Maniax. (both by age)
I also would like to see age’s other titles such as Kimi ga Ita Kisetsu and Muv-Luv.
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Love Love H-Maid by Lilith
http://pds5.egloos.com/pds/200707/13/45/d0031345_03070347.jpg
Neko Kawaiigari by 13cm
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fb/Kara_no_Shojo_Coverart.png
Kara no Shoujo by Innocent Grey
I really hope for all the shuffle series to be translated.
Kei-chan
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Matsuri: Kakera Asobi for PS2
flyablekokoro123
Awesome Companies:
UNISONSHIFT.
FAVORITE.
PLEAAAAASSEEE!! translate hoshizora no memoria and flyable heart!!!!
I would do anythinnng!! (to play them)
favorite isn’t in the top ten companies but their visual novels are great.
Unisonshift is amazing too.
Kvain
I’m quite new to this whole scene, but I figured I’d throw in my two cents as well.
I would most like to see Visual Arts/Key titles. Primarily, CLANNAD and Little Busters! However, basically any official release of Key games are an instant-buy for me.
I would also like to see ef receive an official translation, but it sounds like there are some hurdles to overcome in that vein.
In more general terms, story is the most important thing to me when deciding to purchase or pass. Unique or likable characters is also a must.
miruki
Seems like I can’t post anything at all here? (I thought my post might have been too long but splitting it didn’t help either.. maybe too many links?)
I would like to see ANY otome all ages / 18+ PC game translated.
I know, my efforts are in vain anyways, but I’m gonna suggest some for the heck of it:
All Ages games:
Bloody Call
Garnet Cradle
D.C. Girl’s Symphony
Asaki Yumemishi
Princess Nightmare
Princess Nightmare has a fantranslation in the works, but the team is half-dead, only the girl who does the translation is still at it. (http://angel-vatina.livejournal.com/) Karin Entertainment already sold the license for another otome game (Yo-Jin-Bo) before. Garnet Cradle’s art is done by the well known circle Carnelian, which can easily be seen by the artwork. 🙂 And Da Capo should be quite know outside of Japan too, the girl version even has some sort of cameo characters appear from the original bishojo series.
18+ games:
Riddle Garden
Gin no Kanmuri Ao no Namida
Jingi Naki Otome
Hoshi no Oujo Yoshitsune
Queen of Darkness is a rather good Doujin-otome-RPG, with full voice acting (even the heroine) and fun gameplay, but it’s also very graphical and does feature some lesbian sex too. Imo this one will probably get lots of guys interested too. Riddle Garden just came out and I haven’t played much of it, but the art is by the same artist as Under the Moon’s, I think. Anyways, Under the Moon is probably one of the most famous 18+ otome games, but it also features lots of rape. Gin no Kanmuri is a much more mature game, which would probably appeal to older girls (like 25+). Jingi Naki Otome and Yoshitsune are both by mirai, Jingi Naki has lots of (good) humor and the mafia theme might appeal to guys too, while Yoshitsune has a samurai theme and based on Japanese history, but it has a good portion of humor too. And also a voiced heroine that pretends to be a boy – the 18+ content in the original version is additional content, so it’s both a 18+ and an All Ages game actually. And lastly, Step is a Slice of Life game, short and cute – but if I remember correctly it features some incest (uncle x niece) buuut.. I think they weren’t blood related in the end. Not sure tho.
Hope that someday you guys will give localising an otome game a go. 🙂
Well, seems to work without the vndb links, meh. :/
Sorry for triple posting tho.
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Eien no Aselia by Xuse
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Makai Tenshi Djibril by Frontwing
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Battle Goddess VERITA by Eushully
I bought every game released by Key so far in the Key Memorial Box they released last summer. The only game I’ve played so far is Clannad, which I’ve been playing, fan translated, every so often since I got it. I’m almost done it, and I’ll probably finish within the next week or so. The only other game that has a patch working for the Memorial (ME) version is Kanon, so I’ll play that next. I’ll then have to wait for patches to be made for the ME versions of Air and Planetarian (which doesn’t even having a working patch for its regular CD version), and wait for patches for Tomoyo After (which might not even happen, since the ME version is the clean version with more content, which is only on the PC as the ME version) and Little Busters (which is more likely, because it’s only EX with the adult content removed) to be released as well.
So to play these games, I’ll have to wait a bit. But would I buy them if MangaGamer released their translations before the fans did (assuming they didn’t close down fan translation until they released their translation)?
No. Why should I rebuy a digital copy of something I already have a physical copy of? As much as I love Clannad, there’s no reason for me to pay $60+ to play it again, because I’m not going to put the extremely long time I’ve played into it again anytime soon. Maybe if it was a physical copy, so I could share it with my friends, but as a digital copy it’s not worth buying.
For Kud Wafter and Rewrite, games I don’t own yet… Maybe. But I’d still like to have a physical copy, so I don’t even know there.
And if you got Umineko… I’m not even sure I’d buy that, considering I already have the first 4 chapters (well, I bought the 4th chapter which includes the first 3 as well) as a physical copy, so I’d likely buy the 8th chapter (with 5-8 on it), and use a fan translation. Even for Higurashi, if I end up wanting to play that, I’d rather import them and use a fan translation. It’s not like the price would be much more- I paid $50, including shipping, for Umineko, and the first four chapters of Higurashi are $48 on your site.
I guess what I’m trying to say is… I’d love to support this industry (I’d love for more people to play some of these games!) but without a physical copy, it feels like I’d be buying the equivalent of a fansub. It’s not like I don’t buy games that don’t have physical copies; I’ve bought many games off of Steam. It’s just that when I can buy a physical copy for the same price, why should I buy a digital copy, especially when I may lose out on it (such as the content removed from Higurashi)?
(And… I hope I don’t come off badly here! I don’t want it to seem like I’m a pirate or anything- I don’t believe in that at all, and that’s why I go out of my way to import these games. Similarly, I do put a lot of money into buying the official English releases of anime of DVD… So I’m not in the “why buy it when I can get it fansubbed for free” camp, exactly. It’s just that in this case, I feel like I’m buying (or rebuying) a inferior product)
The fan translation of Higurashi only has the first arc translated though so if you insist on waiting for them only because they offer a little more content, then you will be waiting a long time or never getting the full English experience of Higurashi since they haven’t updated in months. Clannads translation is poor and needs a ton of work done on it, especially the After Story section which has numerous errors in it so a MG release would be better.
Sharing a copy of a game with your friends may be nice, but at the same time it’s not helping anyone and isn’t much different then simply pirating the game. Loan them a copy to see if they like it, and if they do have them purchase the thing.
Well, like I said- I’m more interested in Umineko, which Witch-Hunt is working on as each chapter is released. Higurashi doesn’t interest me as much (I like the idea of Umineko’s plot a lot more), but it all ties back to that if I do pick it up someday, I’d like a physical copy. Looking over what was actually removed, I can see that I misunderstood what “Staff Room” meant based on my experiences with Umineko, though I would like my copy to have everything in it- I do understand exactly why MG had to remove that content, though.
I agree that Clannad’s translation does fall apart at the end, since I’m almost done the second of the three required playthroughs of After Story. It’s not *that* bad, but I agree that a better translation would be nice. But it wouldn’t be worth rebuying the game for, since it would pretty much be a waste of ~$60.
And if I did share one of these titles with my friends, and they liked them enough, I would definitely ask them to buy themselves a copy. That’s how I got into Umineko, actually.
You would really be missing out on a lot by not fully reading Higurashi, it’s a great story on it’s own and it can really tie into Umineko in different ways.
Well seeing as most of the games on the list are being translated already and have promising statuses, I’ll suggest 2 of the games I have played in the past which I think deserves to have an english localization.
– PP[Pianissimo] (Innocent Grey)
– Garden (Cuffs)
Well as most of IG’s works being dark and a bit “gory”, what i like most about PP is its setting and story. It has a mystery/horror genre to it with exceptional graphics accompanied by a good OST. Plot progresses a bit fast at the start though, but its still nice. I suggest you guys look into garden by cuffs too. Odd it wasn’t mentioned a lot since its cute and has pretty graphics too. Well its a 180deg difference from IG but i think this one deserves praise too.
GameGodTre
I know it’s not on your list, but i would still love to see a translated version of Popotan. As for whats on your list School Days.
11eyes just because it has a plot and not just school life..
Also this is not on the list but is very popular
Little buster Ex
All Little Busters series also included on the request of Key’s visual novels for Mangagamer ^^
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Real Imouto ga Iru Ooizumi-kun no Baai by Alcot
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Tail Tale by Clover
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Eien no Aselia Special Edition by Xuse & Nippon Ichi
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Shinseiki Evangelion Koutetsu no Girlfriend by GAINAX
I would love to see these games translated:
Makai Tenshi Jibril (FrontWing)-A really funny game with raunchy sex scenes.
Cthulhu (Black Cyc)-The only Black Cyc title nobody’s said yet! It has great visuals,storyline,and theme song!!!
Natsu Megu (CottonSoft)-A heartwarming game that takes place in the summertime.
Gun Katana -NON HUMAN KILLER- A really scary,yet awesome, story. (I forget what it’s about! ^^;)
Maybe this will refresh your memory about Gun Katana:
http://www.erogereview.com/2009/02/11/gun-katana/
As for the reason no one’s requested Cthulu is mainly because:
1) It’s not as good as most of Black Cyc’s line up, both story and ero-wise
2) It’s incomplete storywise with an upcoming fan disk which is supposed to better flesh things out
Ah,so that’s why there’s the fandisk…
I think Gore Screaming Show is much better than Cthulu.
Maji de Watashi ni Koishinasai! by Minato Soft
I’m all in for gore!
Bloodysatch
Damned ! and Tsukihime, Fate/stay night, Utawarerumono and Tears to tiara ?
How about Nukenin from Waffle:
http://www.erogereview.com/2008/12/09/nukenin/
I’m sure there’s plenty of fans of Ninja Scroll, Dead or Alive, Ninja Gaiden, and Naruto who want a ninja themed eroge
Nukenin looks awesome!
Me want 😀
God hot ninjas <3
http://www.erogereview.com/2009/05/08/d … /#more-334
http://www.erogereview.com/2009/02/11/g … a/#more-21
Yay eroge fps!
For another ninja themed eroge, how about Akatsuki Works’ Shiden
http://accany.wordpress.com/2009/12/03/%e7%b4%ab%e9%9b%bb%ef%bd%9e%e5%86%86%e7%92%b0%e3%81%ae%e7%b5%86%ef%bd%9e-review/
Now for those of us who are fans of war themed anime like Gundam, how about light’s (might as well point out other good games from this company besides Dies irae) Gunjyou no Sora wo Koete
http://accany.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/%e7%be%a4%e9%9d%92%e3%81%ae%e7%a9%ba%e3%82%92%e8%b6%8a%e3%81%88%e3%81%a6-review/#more-3166
Sorairo from NekoNeko Soft sounds like a good renai:
http://accany.wordpress.com/2009/09/25/%e3%81%9d%e3%82%89%e3%81%84%e3%82%8d-review/
Since you guys have proven that you have no problem with releasing games with loli heroines with ero scenes, let’s see you guys release an eroge with purely loli heroines. Of course, it should be a good one with good story, music, and artowrk, so here it is: Komorebi ni Yureru Tama no Koe (こもれびに揺れる魂のこえ) by UNiSONSHIFT
http://www.erogereview.com/2007/12/25/komorebi-ni-yureru-tama-no-koe/
The artwork’s done by Noizi Ito, who did the art for Shakugan no Shana and the ever popular Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
And just to see fanbase reaction, how about trying to accquire this very familiar looking eroge to add to the nukige line up:
http://www.erogereview.com/2007/12/25/ore-no-megamisama/
Alice parade :D.
Don’t you just love Alice in wonderland?
Lenkhart
Jejeje Nice One… But too Much Hentai in the game… xD MMMmmm..I want a game whit a good and more original history….
Anything by UnionShift Blossom.
Kimi no Nagori wa Shizuka ni Yurete by Unisonshift
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Princess Brave -Jan Taku no Kishi- by 130cm
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Verdia Gensoukyoku by Escu:de
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Galaxy Angel II ~Eigou Kaiki no Toki~(for adapt to PC like as Mangagamer’s does with Da Capo Innocent Finale) by Broccoli
I would also like to see these games translated:
For your Eroge Lineup (Story Centric)
Sakura Sakura (Haikuo Soft)- A sweet romantic story told in the POV of 2 protagianasts.
Makai Tenshi Djibril -Episode 3- (FrontWing)-One of the 4 sequals of the Makai Tenshi series.
Real Imouto ga Iru Ooizumi-kun ga Baai (Alcot Honeycomb)- This game looks really good. It has lovely artwork!
Hoshiuta (FrontWing)- This game is really one of the best games I’ve ever played. It has gorgeous artwork by Fumio,it has a great storyline that calls for lots of drama throughout,not to mention the voice acting is so good. It’s story centric,as the H-scenes come at the end of the game. After releasing it (if you do translate it),you could possibly do an all ages version that removes all sexual content! I’d be one happy costumer.
Maji de Watashi Koishinasai! (Minato Soft)- A comdey. It is very very good. I like it alot. You could possibly do an all ages version of this one,too?
Se.Kirara (Native)-I’m playing this game,actually. It’s really good. But it should be noted that the original release is actually for free. Someone wanting the game could buy the game with a figma. (The actual game is for free. The limited edition is not.)
For your Eroge Lineup (Nukige)
Mahou Tama series (Erogos)- This is just a fun little series. It focuses on different fetishes.
For your All-Ages Lineup
Little Busters! (Key)- I love this game. I have no words for it. It left me speechless.
Hoshiuta All Ages Version- As I said,if you do translate Hoshiuta,you could possibly do an all ages release. It would remove sexual content.
Flyable heart would be awesome to have
Tick tack!
Ten no Hikari wa Koi no Hoshi by Will/ETERNAL
http://i38.tinypic.com/15qos3a.jpg
Prism Ark ~Prism Heart II~ by PAJAMAS SOFT
http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/9625/4821v.jpg
Gothic Delusion by Lose
And,when yours has to be release these VN below??????
http://tlwiki.tsukuru.info/images/a/ab/Katahane_title.jpg
Katahane Trial Edition “~The Beginning of the Journey~” by Tarte(same employee of Hinata Bokko)
gamer-chan
here are my list of priorising
type moon:
fate stay night (official game)
fate/ hollow atraxia
any thing made by key is worth translating
shuffle essence+ by navel i want mayumi so badly after knowing shes available in the remake i just couldn’t sleep for 5 days straight praying that you guys will translate that asap
and the koihime musou games are supposadly MUST translate “shin koihime musou”
well as for developers
i honestly belive that key WINS
after it comes navel (i dunno i think its “golden egg” is why i LOVE it)
after that i think circus is getting in me
and after circus comes overdrive
Kara no Kyoukai isn’t a game and it’s been licensed by Del Ray even though they haven’t done anything with it.
I’m not sure their ever going to do anything with the KnK license since they’ve had it for a few years now but nothing.
SubaHibi bro
Unisonshift(I’m shocked only one person said this..)
I’m going threw a leaf phase right now all of the games they have made look interesting. Old blog post but yeah.. ;x
– Snow (Plus Edition)
– H2O ~Footprints in the Sand~
– Shuumatsu Shoujo Gensou Alicematic
I preffer games with good story, humor & voice cast without much sex scenes and acceptable graphics.
Karisu
If you guys don’t do Shuffle Essence +, I’ll be very very very sad.
Liberator 101
Like a ton of other people are saying, I want some Key games. Ones that haven’t been translated, or at least fully translated. Basically the ones I want are:
Little Busters! (Ecstacy)
Rewrite (once it comes out)
I hope you guys can get the rights to these series. Thanks!
SHUFFLE! Essence+ (Navel)
MAI-Hime -Unmei no Keitoujyu- (CIRCUS)
They are Good Options… But i want games of Little Witch or Nitro Plus…
Don Kim
Well I would love to have Shuffle! Essence+ (Navel), School Days (Overdrive), Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru or Otoboku (Caramel Box), and Otoboku 2 (Caramel Box). I don’t really care for which company but just get the great titles!
JastUSA is already going to release School Days. I personally will like to see Oretachi ni Tsubasa wa nai, 11 eyes, rest of the Shuffle spin offs.
Anything from Innocent Grey is great.
The visual novel I want to see the most and believe have the most potential is SubaHibi. However, I doubt it’s going to happen.
Yeah, now that I just found out that School Days is coming to the US by JAST USA, but now I want Princess Lover! from Ricotta!
1 year later we’ve made a deal with 1 out of the 10 companies!
Hopefully in 9 years time we’ll have them all.
I’ll be sure to ask about these at AnExpo
My bad it should be two.
rikassavior
So long as Shuffle Essence + makes its way to us I’m sure MANY gamers will be very happy ^_^
Arurie
Please, please, pleeeease bring more Innocent Grey titles. I love Kara no Shoujo.
And I may as well beg for Liar-soft, KID, and Type-Moon to be licensed while I’m here. Please? ;^;
moetaku
I second KID/Cyberfront. I’ve said this somewhere on MG before and I’ll say it again. KID’s all ages titles should be a good addition to the all ages section and help ease the visual novel = porn stereotypes. Recommending an all ages title to anime/manga fans is also much easier since the mentioning of “porn” is very detracting to the less informed. Proof of this is when a casual anime fan learns of their favorite anime starting out as an eroge.
The all ages section is really lacking and there’s only…….3 titles there with two titles just having their ero content removed. Higurashi’s downfall would be the artwork and truth be told artwork plays a huge deciding factor whether it’s anime, manga, or anything related.
Also with all-ages only titles to begin with, ero-welcome customers can’t complain about why the company didn’t localize the ero-version instead. It’s like killing two birds with one stone.
The thing is, other than Ever17, KID doesn’t have any really awesome titles for the PC. There’s a reason that they went bankrupt, you know.
I think you’re reasoning behind their bankruptcy is a little misleading, most would interpret it as – “they went bankrupt, therefore their games suck.” Course not all their titles may be impressive like the bigger name companies, but I’d say that I’m more interested in their lineup more so than I am in Circus’s or Navel’s.
Also I’d say Ever17 is their best work and not the only good work they have. Remember11 was quite impressive as well with all the suspense, especially on Satoru’s route. It’s downfall would be for it not having a satisfying conclusion. If it did, I bet it’d probably have the same praise as Ever17 did. I mean Satoru’s ending was going pretty well until that one girl pointed out “You are not Satoru!” or something and loops infinitely. I don’t know about the other infinity titles but there’s at least enough interest to get fan translations going.
I’ve only read some pieces of their memories off series using the text hooker method which all knows doesn’t work at all….ToT. So I guess I’d say I’m really interested in this series since I’m unable to understand it’s story thoroughly; I’d want to at least read the 4th one, MO~Sorekara, in proper english.
I know my reasoning for wanting some of KID’s legacy is not much, but I’ll say it sure beats the many requests for Da Capo Plus Communications or Shuffle! Essence+.
But in the end I know it won’t happen anyways…ToT I’ll cry again if it ever does though….
That’s not what I based my reasoning on. I’ve played through pretty much every game in the memories off series, along with Never7, Remember 11, Close to, Separate hearts, etc etc etc. I’m just listing the bankruptcy as support rather than pointing my subjective opinion about the quality of most of their games, which most people would readily disagree with. Also, I do agree with you that Ever 17 is their best work, that’s why I said that it’s awesome.
KID’s more romance based games, like Memories off sorekara isn’t that different from Da Capo, since they’re both stories about cute girls with problems and the guy who loves them and helps them overcome the problems. Personally, I would not say that the stories in MO are any better, but I do agree that more people should look into titles other than DCPC and SHuffle essence+.
I declare this hole list invalid. It only represents the opinions of people who mostly only know about official releases and moe blob games. Taking into consideration we shall hold a poll where the majority of fans are. We shall also listen to those who know Japanese for a better opinion of what people would enjoy.
Those people are known for great taste in games
Asceai,Moogy-dono,Ixrec,and sir Anon.
Liberator101
Has there been any info about Shuffle! Essence+? There should be a whole page about it by now right? Does anyone know if MangaGamer is having talks with Navel?
They’re having talks, but for Oretsuba. If we get that and it sells well, then maybe we can get some hopes up for Essence +
lightdx
What i want to see is Da capo 3 (ERO- version
Da capo 2: Plus comunication
And 11 eyes.
Nurio
You want to see 11 eyes… There’s pun potential right there.
Cyberhood
shuffle essence+
Overload5599
I would like to first, thank MangaGamer. What you guys do is truly awesome. And i would like to see Shuffle! Essence+ be done. Im not too knowledgeable on any of the others that were listed, so my opinion on the is invalid. But if you were to do Shuffle! Essence+ I think i may be brought to tears. I have searched for quite awhile for anything seemingly like it might get done. So again Thanks for any and all work done to make that a reality! THANKK YOU!
MagnetDrill
Definitely Shuffle! Essence+ I fell in love with the anime series and, began my search for the different games it was based off of.
VictorLighty
Oh man, I’d REALLY, REALLY love a Little Busters! / Clannad official English release! Both are AMAZING with great storytelling, unique and fun characters and all-ages, so I think both could become instant hits! With physical media releases, you could make collectors literary DROWN for your releases and pay ANY amount of cash you offer ( I would do it, totally! )
would Love to see this Game translated
http://alicesoft.wikia.com/wiki/Daiakuji
hears a synopsis of the game
Daiakuji
In a parallel universe, feminist “Womenrica” won World War II, and forced a female-centric constitution upon the defeated Japan. Japanese city governments “outsource” the task of peacekeeping to local organizations, all lead by females.
Yamamoto Akuji is the original successor of the Wakame, the largest gang in the city of Oosaka. He was captured as a POW, and finally was able to get home after the war was over. However, he returns to a home he no longer recognizes. To add to his shock, he’s no longer the successor of his grandfather’s organization, all because of a sexually discriminating constitution…
Story Intro
You (Yamamoto Akuji) are finaly back in Oosaka after being a soldier for three years in war and captured in prison. Oosaka has changed a lot. Standing alone at the port you look forward to meet your love Haku Minka again. Your father was the boss of Wakame Yakuza controlling this city, so you expect a warm welcome.
However, arriving at your home everything turn`s out completly different. Kamio, Ran Ichihashi`s servant tells you that your father has been missing for a year now, looking for someone stronger than himself and also that WIME, the winner of the war sets woman in leading positions everywhere in Japan. Ran, your father`s concubine has become the head of Wakame Yakuza now. You won`t have any of it, so Ran has to beat you up and throws you out.
You find yourself in an alley with a drunkhead. Being already pissed you start getting violent, but three girls from the “Youth Service Group” (YGS) responsible for the public ordinance stop you. Since you are still weak they manage beat you up . You faint again and they drag you to their head quarter.
When you wake up Tomoko and Mirai tell you that the law has change since Japan has lost the war. You also get to know that the “Youth Sercive Group” was just founded three month ago. After tricking them into an amazing session they become your girl. Later you also make love to Aoba the leader and take over the new group. Your mission to unite Japan has started…
(These are self-ranked by Alice Soft)
Ero-ness: 10 out of 5
Difficulty: 5 out of 5
Play time: 5 out of 5
Offical site
http://www.alicesoft.com/akuji/ <– Blockted By Outside ppl ie Access only Granted to Japan Ip adresses only
Getchu store that sells the game
http://www.getchu.com/soft.phtml?id=8786&gc=gc
Thank you for making me realize this. It’s great.
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The Intellectual Property of the Olympics
As the summer weather heats up, we are less than a month away from the 2012 Olympic Games, taking place in London from July 27th to August 12. The Games offer an astonishing display of athletic excellence, hard work, determination, national pride and inspiring stories, supported by a huge volume of marketing and advertising campaigns and promotional tie-ins. The 5 interlocking rings are one of the top globally recognized icons, and the event is so well known, it's commonly just referred to as 'The Games'.
Silicon Valley Gets New Patent Office
This Monday started off with good news for all those in intellectual property world in Silicon Valley and the Bay Area - the USPTO announced that 3 new regional patent offices are being opened. In addition to the new satellite office that is opening in Detroit July 13th 2012, the other offices will be located in San Jose, Dallas and Denver. These locations were chosen based on a few key factors, dispersed equally across all time zones, and as hubs of innovation economies (Silicon Valley representing electronics and biotech, Denver representing aerospace, and Dallas representing energy). San Jose emerged to some as the most logical spot, with Silicon Valley being the top recipient of patents having more than 10,000 granted in 2010.
IPfolio Exhibiting at TechConnect World!
The headline pretty much says it all....we're thrilled to be attending and exhibiting for the first time at TechConnect World, one of the premiere global innovation and technology transfer events! The 4-day conference and expo runs from June 18th to 21st at the Santa Clara Convention Center. Attendees will range from tech transfer offices, corporate & academic innovators and early stage companies to corporate, government and investment developers. To quote the even website, this will be "the largest multidisciplinary multi-sector conference and marketplace of vetted innovations, innovators & technology business developers and funders in the world.".
The Facebook $16 Billion IPO: What role did IP play?
Global Innovation Summit - A Unique Opportunity!
Last week at the annual Silicon Valley LES conference, we learned about a very unique and interesting opportunity coming up this summer - a three day conference called the Global Innovation Summit. It's purpose is to focus on discussing and coming up with solutions to the following challenge: How to create innovation ecosystems worldwide, such as the thriving example of Silicon Valley?
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Hearing Loss News
Alan Champion, Sign-Language Interpreter for Theater, Dies at 55
By Patrick Healy
summarized by Hannah F. Mann, staff writer
Renowned sign language interpreter Alan Champion died from appendix cancer on April 25, 2011 at the age of 55. A child of deaf adults, Champion studied singing and acting in his hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma, before moving to New York to break into theater acting. His career as an interpreter began on Broadway in 1980, when the theater offered an interpreting position for a production of �The Elephant Man.� Since then, Champion has served in various interpreting roles, especially in theater productions. Through his contributions to the deaf community, Alan Champion left behind a unique legacy that will be remembered by many local deaf and hard of hearing for years to come.
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Ilham Aliyev: Azerbaijan consistently fights against heroism of fascism, and Armenia heroizes fascist
Azerbaijan consistently fights against the heroism of fascism, and Armenia heroizes fascist," President Ilham Aliyev said at the meeting held on the results of 2019.
"Armenia erected a statue to the Nazi executioner Garegin Nzhdeh in Yerevan. Nzhdeh was arrested and died in Vladimir prison. A monument is erected in Yerevan in honor of such a man, and Armenian PM equates Garegin Nzhdeh with Solzhenitsyn and Molotov. Nzhdeh said this during the II World War: ‘He who dies for Germany dies for Armenia.’ This is an expression of his repulsive character. That is why Azerbaijan is on the side of truth in this area, and Armenia is on the side of evil forces," President Aliyev said in his closing speech.
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Russia cuts time zones to 9 on Sunday
By Maxim Tkachenko, CNN
Russia losing two time zones
Russia is cutting the number of its time zones from 11 to 9 starting Sunday
Russia is studying whether to abolish daylight savings time in 2011
President: Move will "resolve a number of transport and communications issues"
Moscow (CNN) -- The world's largest country by land mass is challenging time: This weekend, Russia is cutting the number of its time zones from 11 to 9.
"The less fractional division of the country will enable us to resolve a number of transport and communications issues, will increase its manageability and strengthen the position of Russia as an important chain in the world's global infrastructure," President Dmitry Medvedev said at a special Kremlin meeting devoted to the issues of time change.
Technically speaking, five Russian regions -- two in European Russia and three in Siberia -- will not join the rest of the country in moving the clock one hour forward to daylight saving time at 2 a.m. Sunday, thus coming a little closer to Moscow.
Aman Tuleyev, governor of the Siberian coal-mining region of Kemerovo, which will undergo a time zone change, said at the Kremlin meeting that the existing time zone span doesn't make a lot of sense.
"You travel just a 100 miles to any neighboring city in our area and need to switch your watch one hour back, then move it one hour forward again upon return. This has been creating needless confusion for both businesses and regular people," he said.
Some local governments of the regions where the time zone change will take place have been lobbying in favor of this measure for years, and overwhelmingly supported the proposed federal initiative.
But not everybody is happy.
Video: Cost of daylight-saving
In Samara, the closest region to Moscow to experience a time zone change, a series of modest-size protests took place against what activists called a darker future. With the new time, they'll see sunset one hour earlier, which they fear will result in higher electricity bills for the population and translate into a rise in street crime.
"In winter, school kids would be walking back home in darkness, while we adults would barely see any sunlight after we finish work," one activist told CNN by phone.
Last November, in his annual State of the Nation address, the Russian president proposed an even more radical reform. He suggested not only to cut the number of time zones in Russia but also abolish the current switch to daylight saving time, which the country has been doing since 1981.
Throughout this year, government officials and scientists will closely examine the consequences of the time reform in the five Russian regions, and a further reduction of time zones in Russia might take place in the future if the experiment proves positive, according to Medvedev.
The president also called upon experts to finalize their studies on the possible effects of abolishing the daylight saving time in Russia by February 2011.
"Many Russian citizens are not happy about those times switches," he said. "Nobody has ever told me it's a good thing and that they feel better. But we must take into account all factors involved," he said.
According to Russia's energy officials, the abolition of the daylight saving time would increase the country's energy consumption by 4.5 billion kWatt/hour which translates to about $85 million of extra spending.
The number of suicide attempts (after a time change) grows by 60 percent
--Scientist Sergei Kravchenko
But chief Kremlin economist Arkady Dvorkovich told Russian media it's false economy. The measure would increase energy consumption by only 1-3 percent, but the negative effects of the time switch are far worse, he said.
"The energy advantages are negligible," he said, "but the health of the people and their stable biological rhythms is a much more important factor."
Many experts argue that time changes expose people to additional stress which leads to more industrial and road accidents, as well as health problems for people with chronic diseases.
Daylight Saving Time may bring health problems
"Reports say that in the first 5 days after a time change the number of ambulance calls of patients with blood hypertension and cardiac infarction cases increases by 11 percent. And the number of suicide attempts in those days grows by 60 percent, " scientist Sergei Kravchenko told a popular Russian weekly.
Agriculture is also an industry that is negatively affected: Farm animals are used to being fed and milked at the same time and suffer when people change current time twice a year.
The general public is mostly welcoming the time reforms in Russia.
"It would indeed be great if they abolished the daylight saving time," one blogger said. "What kind of energy economy are you talking about? Major factories are working around the clock anyway. As for citizens, they pay their own electricity bills and want the government to leave them alone and not to stick its nose into their purses."
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PR: Press On or Play the Ostrich?
Credit: Photo by blakeimeson under an Attribution-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic license
Image: Should I be the person hiding my head in the sand?
In response to the Sussex TLDU RUSTLE article on my World of Warcraft research and teaching, I received an e-mail early Friday morning from someone in the University of Sussex’s press and communications team. In fact, that e-mail notified me the article had been published. (-:
The author was inquiring if I were interested in any publicity or media work, because they thought my work might have external appeal. This was somewhat propitious. The day before, as part of Vitae South East’s female researcher’s Springboard workshop, the guest presenter discussed the importance of proactively promoting one’s work (apparently men do, but women often don’t). She stressed how one should take any and all opportunities offered to do so.
Are we inclined to not view things we do as significant enough to tell others? She outlined how male colleagues regularly feed her department’s press coordinator a steady stream of pictures and stories, but the women didn’t. Are we reluctant to apply for awards and jobs? Or, when we do, do we more honestly assess ourselves but also under-assess? She also had stories about how men promoted themselves on their academic CVs, with one even including under “research activities” a list of journals he reviewed for. I know that wouldn’t have occurred to me to include!
Like her, I’m not naturally inclined to boast about my work or accomplishments. While I’ve applied for and won awards in the past, it’s often been because someone has forced me to do so. Left to my own devices, I’d play the ostrich and hide—or the rabbit and run. However, this is obviously opportunity knocking at my door. Should I “press on” or hide?
networking, thinking
event, gender, media requests, self-promotion
Women in Games Special Issue
Image: The Pink Mafia
Credit: Photo by Andrew Becraft (Dunechaser) under an Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike 2.0 Generic license
If you’re interested in any combination of women and gaming, including some games-based learning, then look no further than the latest issue of The International Journal of Gender, Science and Technlology. It features a special issue on women and games, with articles and reviews. From the special issue’s introduction:
In 2004 video games industry veteran Mark Eyles, then working at the University of Portsmouth, recognised the need for an initiative that would increase the representation of women within the gaming industry. The project Mark instigated – Women in Games (WiG) – began with a series of conferences involving an innovative mixture of people from academia and from industry. The aim of these conferences was to generate and promote initiatives and research that focused on narrowing the gap between men and women working in the games industry.
WiG is now an internationally recognised organisation, still with this mixture of people from academia and from industry. In addition to the annual conferences, WiG members are now also involved in smaller events, online discussions and journals. Now, seven years on, WiG continues to grow and develop and we, in our role as members of the Steering Committee, would like to introduce readers to the special issue section of the GST journal.
The articles included in this special issue reflect the multiple and overlapping aims of the Women in Games initiative. Each of these aims requires the interweaving of academic enquiry with industry engagement and dialogue, which has been an extraordinary strength of the WiG initiative.
by Marian Carr and Helen Kennedy
games-based learning, gaming, gender, women
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where eagles fear to perch ...
musings on simple living, gardening, personal finance plus my projects and experiments...
Making Planters from old car wheels....
Another post on the same theme as the last one !
Although I don't intend the blog to become simply a repository for information on making garden planters, there's no doubt that it's the flavour of the month in our household...
The wife wants to grow some ornamental grasses, yet we've no specific location fixed in our minds and so we'll put them into planters that we can move around for maximum effect.
Grasses tend to be quite shallow rooted, and therefore we don't need an excessive depth to the planter. I decided to try out an idea I'd considered before, namely to make some planters out of old car wheels.
It doesn't really matter if they're steel or alloy, they can be prepared in much the same way.
I found some on eBay from a seller just a few miles away, three alloy wheels off an old Saab 900. I've actually owned two Saab 900s in my life, but the last time was around 25 years ago and so I can't imagine there's a huge market for their old wheels these days ...
as advertised....
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Making Planters from an old gas cylinder...
As a disclaimer to this post, strictly speaking even old and abandoned fuel gas cylinders still belong to the company that issued them - when you buy the gas, you're only renting the cylinder which is why there's usually a hefty deposit the first time around and then you swap like-for-like with full bottles when they're empty, and only pay for the contents. Despite this, there's still a ready market for empty gas cylinders (just search on eBay, for instance) but perhaps their general sale may be outlawed in the future, as has happened with beer kegs. However, there will still be damaged cylinders out there that would otherwise be condemned if they're beyond economic repair.
And on a safety note, never attempt to cut a cylinder unless you're 100% sure it's unpressurised, completely empty of gas and has been adequately purged ! Note that if you fully open the valve and leave it open with the cylinder upright, after an initial escape under pressure it will still remain full of gas at atmospheric pressure because these fuel gases are heavier than air and therefore can't escape upwards - the cylinder would need to be inverted to empty it of gas. If in any doubt at all, unscrew and remove the valve adaptor altogether and then fill the cylinder to overflowing with water from a hose, leave it full for an hour, tip it up and empty it, and then leave it standing upside down for a few days.
Anyway, lecture over and back to the post....
We're always on the lookout for garden planters, and this autumn we'd bought two rhododendron bushes of varieties Rasputin and Golden Torch for which we wanted to find a permanent home before the cold weather really starts to bite. These evergreen shrubs need acidic soil to thrive, which we don't have in the garden here, and so they're better off in pots filled with ericaceous compost. The planters themselves must be large enough for the shrub roots to grow into over many years, and also heavy enough so they won't get blown over in the wind.
I regularly search on eBay to see what's available locally on a secondhand basis, using keywords such as barrels, urns, planters, drums, pots, tubs, bins, cauldrons etc, but it's difficult to find anything pleasing for a reasonable price, i.e. next to nothing !
However, I remembered there was a damaged 47 kg propane gas cylinder lying behind the shed, just accumulating snails... I'd tried to chuck it out in a skip once, but the driver said he couldn't take it.
So I heaved it out, measured it up and in spite of the damage (a crease in the centre), I decided I could still make two 40 litre planters from it. It's around 375 mm in diameter, and I cut around the cylinder with an angle grinder in two places to remove the damaged section and make two half shells of around 400 mm in height.
the cut cylinder...
Garden Review - in Pictures
I don't seem to have been out in the garden very often with the camera this year, but here's a brief review anyway :-
apricot blossom in late winter...
and a futile attempt to protect the apricot flowers from frost with fleece....
it's just too cold & windy here to set fruit outdoors on plants that make
blossom so early in the year, so the tree's now been cut down.
where eagles fear to perch
Yes, I know it's a Kestrel and not an Eagle, which are pretty thin on the ground in northern England. However, this is a photo I took myself of a kestrel hovering over the fields next to our house. Note that I'm not a financial adviser, and so you should regard anything I post about personal finance as being worth exactly what you paid for it, i.e. nothing !
Garden Layout
home energy (15)
wind turbine (4)
blogs I read...
Simple Living in Somerset
The no-dig gardener
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As the largest outdoor electronic music festival in the UK and the originator of the British outdoor electronic music festival, Creamfields has been in existence for 21 years since its establishment in 1998.
Nowaday, Creamfields' steps across 22 countries all around the world, with a record number of hundreds of thousands of people participating in it, successfully attracting global participation and attention.
In 2017, BHM introduced Creamfields to mainland China, and successfully held a number of large-scale electronic music parties in Guangzhou, Chengdu, Beijing, Xiamen and Shanghai. Attracted numerous fans and the response was unprecedented, leading the domestic outdoor festival market.
Cream Tour is known for hosting indoor electronic music parties.
The difference between Cream Tour and Creamfields is that it not only allows raver to feel the power of live music, but also immerses the ultimate sense of surround sound brought by top-level equipment, and can create a theme experience in different occasions indoor. Cream Tour hope to invite fans to come and feel the different surprises.
BHM forward-looking introduced Cream Tour into China and created an unprecedented grandeur of every show.
Q-dance, the most famous Harder styles company, is responsible for organizing various Harder styles related events and festivals, focusing on Hardstyle, Hardcore and Hard Trance. Popular events and festivals organized by Q-dance include Defqon.1 Festival, Q-BASE, Qlimax and X-Qlusive.
In 2019, when BHM introduced it into China for the first time, and the first The Sound of Q-dance hosted by Reborn755 in Shenzhen hit the country, attracting thousands of fans and ushering in a new era of Harder styles in China.
B.E.A.M (full name:BROTHER'S ERA ARTIST MANAGEMENT) is a subsidiary of BHM (full name: BROTHERHOOD MUSIC).
BHM mainly devoted to the planning and execution of events and festivals. In 2016, BHM well established itself by transforming into local and international electronic music festivals IP operator and music festival organizer. After two years of establishing strong position in the market, BHM successfully positioned Creamfields and Q-dance International brands in various parts of China.
While working closely with the world famous international artist managements, agencies, music labels and major venues, BHM always knew big importance of creating and developing Chinese superstars (local superheroes): DJs, music producers, singers and actors, which lead to the birth of B.E.A.M.
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• 英国户外电子音乐节的鼻祖
• 从25000人参与人数飙升到如今100000+;
• 至今已延伸至22个国家， 更于2017年首次进入亚洲;
• 首个将DJ舞台搬到室外的大型音乐节。
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Green stimulus spurs cellulosic ethanol makers
The government's commitment to come out with favorable policies aimed at promoting clean energy will give a fillip to an early commercialization of cellulosic ethanol.
The moves also assume significance as ethanol makers are facing criticism for using grain stocks for fuel, especially at a time when the nation's grain yields are falling.
Cellulosic ethanol differs from conventional ethanol in that it uses the non-edible part of plants or agricultural waste to make fuel.
Leading the group of companies who are trying to commercialize the technology in China is Cofco Group, the nation's largest fuel ethanol supplier.
"Fuel ethanol made from crops is merely transitional. Its market share will fall after cellulosic ethanol is manufactured on a commercial basis," Yue Guojun, assistant president of Cofco, said in an interview with China Daily.
Yue is also the general manager of the Group's bio-chemical and bio-energy division.
At present China has five fuel ethanol companies who together produce around 1,720,000 tons of ethanol, mainly from corn, wheat and cassava. Cofco wholly or partly owns four of the five companies.
Yue said the company is now moving up the ladder of biofuel technology and cellulosic ethanol will become its core business in the long run.
Cofco expects to start selling cellulosic ethanol commercially in the next few years, said Guo Shunjie, senior manager of the bio-chemical and bio-energy division. He, however, declined to give an exact time frame for the process.
"Policymakers are designing preferential tax and subsidy policies for cellulosic ethanol. The policies will help in large-scale commercialization," Guo said.
Cofco has teamed up with China Petroleum & Chemical Corp (Sinopec) and enzymes producer Novozymes to build a demonstration plant for cellulosic ethanol.
With a planned annual production capacity of 10,000 tons, the plant is expected to start output by the third quarter of 2011, he said.
Guo declined to reveal the total investment on the demonstration project. But he indicated that the production costs would fall as the technology gets more and more developed.
The group launched a pilot project for cellulosic ethanol with an annual production capacity of 500 tons in Heilongjiang province in 2006.
"The cost of making a ton of cellulosic ethanol has declined considerably in the past four years," Guo said without revealing any figures.
The cost of producing one ton cellulosic ethanol is as high as 9,000 yuan per ton in China due to lack of key technologies, while the cost in the US is about 6,000 yuan per ton, said Li Shizhong, a professor of bioenergy at Tsinghua University.
"The ethanol industry has a great future and we expect the government to continue supporting us," Guo said.
According to Yue, cellulosic ethanol is mostly made from musty and decayed grains, which are otherwise inedible.
He said Cofco's bio-energy unit in Zhaodong, Heilongjiang province, used only 1.4 percent of the corn yield in the province between 2004 to 2009. The plant has a production capacity of around 180,000 tons of fuel ethanol.
"The yield that we used was of poor quality and in no way did we pose any threat to food safety," he said.
But experts like Li feel that it will still take some time before the technology can be commercialized successfully.
"China's fuel ethanol industry must follow a technical route which isn't based on food. The cellulosic ethanol technology is yet to mature and may take at least five years to be successfully commercialized," Li said.
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An Analysis of the Growing Rate of Physical Child Abuse in Canada
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The Exoticization of the Female is a cross to bear to the non European Anglo-Saxon, Nordic, Celtic, or Teutonic female. For years from the West, at least from the entire world of Madison Avenue advertising, the revered concept for feminine beauty was the blue eyed blonde in Southern California. The blonder the better, the bluer the eyes the better, along with the more buxom the better, because of it was revered as a contemporary version of Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of Love, Sexuality, and Beauty.
Many females are epitomized this quintessential golden standard of what a woman needs to physically look like to be worshiped .
Christie Brinkley, Bridgit Bardot, Claudia Schiffer, Farrah Fawcett, along with Pamela Anderson who has personified her best at commercial history. So what happens to the girls who will never fit into that mold? . A number of things. In my case I was the adult version of the tiny Asian woman from the Dove Campaign for Real Beauty Ad who seemed as if she would cry because as the caption said "Wishes she were blonde". Since my early adolescence, particularly growing up in a predominantly homogenous city in the West, this was a latent desire. If only I looked like that I would be accepted, loved, adored, included, and handled as an individual being.
Remember that this was the late 80's/early 90's at Calgary, Alberta, a city which was the Canadian version of Houston, Texas full with prejudices and attitudes. My looks gave me a feeling of being an alien and a deep rejection at the alienation of peers. When I was barely 17 I moved to Toronto, 3000 miles east, and the most populous city in the world according to the United Nations. I was running off from the Rocky Mountain town of my childhood in Calgary, Alberta, Canada along with also my very first "puppy love" who was the only safe person in my adolescent peer set.
He was kind, accepting, and a friend who seem to want to make me feel better. I was also so vulnerable that I sensed a reinforced inferiority when he outdated Miss Teen Calgary and every other Stampede Princess around. He was handsome, athletic, intelligent, popular, and came from a family that is fantastic. He loved blondes, but outdated the occasional redhead and brunette. Once at Toronto I was not any longer odd looking, but that I was to experience the exoticization of my looks. People related to me personally as a civilization, or a pair of conceived notion of Filipino girls, and spoke to me in Tagalog, one of a thousand dialects from the Philippines that I never learned because my dialect was the exact different Visayan.
Men could flirt with me by using words which were more foreign to me than them. Some would sing the Philippine national anthem that they understood and I could not verify if it were true. Women and men assumed I was either a nanny who spoke accented English or came to Canada as a mail order bride. Even when I spoke into a Canadian accent and explained that I had grown up here because age two it seemed not to register. I was medicated or anticipated to be the image presented on a Philippine Tourist Ad in traveling agencies. When my personality was seen as opposite that anyone interested could immediately vanish because it didn't fit into their psychological construct of what an Asian woman was really like.
So the early twenties was solitary doom to some hilt and once again, Blondie obtained the invitations, dates, along with and love galore in my eyes. Either I was a lady, but exotic in looks, but not nature or just "not from the backdrop desired". Struggling from my own cultural needs on girls and the dominant Western civilization was a double whammy that seared into my head that it, love, was not because of me. I spent all my energy into work and hobbies and also making friends and divorced myself from the mere chance of love. Sure I went through a phase of dating Bay Street kinds.
However, it was "just lunch dates between work".Coinciding with this ethnic conflict was the huge popularity of Baywatch from the early 90's along with the superstardom of Pamela Anderson as the most desired lifeguard on the planet. Living in University home had many girls adopt her look and several boys hang her image (clothes rather than all) on their walls. Being this latest variation of the blonde goddess complements of TV in her incarnation of busty all out sex pot worked. I had to rely on the dates. So once again it was pushed inside at a larger force than before.
The natural feminine need to be detected and replaced by a push to be busy and be productive like a good Protestant work ethic could entail never head that I was Catholic. A part of me was sad and resigned and workaholic busyness was my anesthetic of choice. It was admirable, but it did not heal my heartbreak. Why would I settle to be with someone who only liked me because of an exoticization concept in their mind that I would have to play into? Inside my defiance and from sour grapes I decided to be myself and really be clear that I was not really that.
My Asian stereotype pressure was disempowering. What was the present in call this? Healing a understanding of the spectrum of human emotion, and maturity at the objective assessment of a person's nature. My life did become about honoring me as all the distress forced me to enable the wounds to heal. The book along with other tools combined me on a yearlong journey with starts and stops, a lot of anxieties, moments of mad, along with the easing of growing pains as the wounds began to close. The constant comparison script lost its voice and with help that I overwrote my self-talk. Nothing has changed.
I'm still exotic however I no longer wish to look like a crimson rose when I'm state an African Violet or even Tunisian Sunflower. Sometimes the nagging of comparison comes up, but it goes away faster. I concentrate on Transcendent Beauty's tools as well as the Buddhist practice of being at the present moment. The custom of a preoccupied mind and appreciation are so simple they are brilliant and overlooked ways to be in consciousness. I have never seen the Blonde goddess worshiper again and thank God.
My own self-respect, a difficult earned talent with that situation, will never attract it again. Why Transcendent Beauty? Why would it start a healing journey? This is the reason from the book cover. Often when we meet a person who's beautiful, we state that they "lit up the space." The transcendently beautiful possess a beacon that's brightly lit and brimming with bliss. They've learned the way to draw light while calming the ego-knowing that when the brain abides by the soul, the human body, then, is connected to this knowingness, also transcendent beauty follows. Folks reside in harmony-their wellness is abundant, so their bodies are both fit and nimble, and their minds are lively and motivated.
And while many people talk about attractiveness as being just physical, authentic beauty definitely comes from thesoul. Transcendent Beauty can take you on a journey where you'll see how easy it can be to glow yourself. If you adopt and practice the basics outlined in Transcendent Beauty, you'll see how easy it could be to you, too, to glow with the intoxicating power. One day without warning that a shift will occur, and you'll suddenly realize that you're no longer trying to be beautiful-you are!Lesson: Let no one, not Madison Avenue, tell you that God makes crap! P.S. At the Spring of 2008 a work project brought me to Calgary.
The city had changed and was like a Toronto in its own atmosphere. I found my childhood puppy love. He favored blondes. Our friendship had long faded because we had changed. I thanked him for never roving his attention towards me because it'd held me in town. Instead, his "just friends" position on me was the greatest present. It gave me Toronto along with the wisdom of the Big City. It gave me New York along with the mindset of Manhattan. It gave me California along with the worldliness of the West Coast combined with the East Coast. And had he asked me to remain the second time around . The answer could have been no more. He knows he will never be far in my heart, but that I shall be geographically far away from him.
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An Anthem, AZ man was arrested after a mother called the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office stating a man, who was looking for a baby-sitter, had come on to her 12-year-old daughter. Michael Whitlow, 26, was arrested on charges of kidnapping and luring a minor for sexual exploitation. In addition, he faces a number of drug charges. According to Sheriff's Office spokesman Capt. Paul Chagolla, after the girl's stepfather dropped her off, Whitlow took the girl inside and locked the doors. The girl......Read More
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Robert and the dread amateur photogs
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Elephant Talk #1251, 18 February 2007 (originally 34 KB)
Date: 14th February 2007
From: Jakub Misak
Subject: Robert and the dread amateur photogs
> > While it's certainly Robert's choice to walk off the stage because
>> > > someone makes the mistake of *gasp* photographing him without
>> > > permission, by doing so he's also giving the finger to all the
>audience
>> > > members who behaved correctly, not to mention paid good money to see
>him
>> > > perform. What a lovely message, to punish everyone in the audience
>for
>> > > the dastardly deeds of an individual.
Robert's intention is not punishing anyone. Actually, when he walks off the stage in such occasions, he's being generous to all attentive audience members. Because he cannot continue in a worthy way anymore. He feels the performance is dead and he's unable to do anything about it. So instead of presenting a dead, worthless performance, he quits.
I remember him disagreeing with the traditional "Show must go on" attitude - in his opinion, show doesn't have to go on if elementary conditions are not met (which may be a number of things - venue, sound, audience attention etc.). Because no performance might be a better option than miserable performance. He is very sensitive to these things and he still has high standards (despite all the problems with touring in Europe etc.) - to him, musical performance is a sacred event where music comes to life as an interaction between the performer, the audience and the venue. That's where the power is. This has nothing to do with money - the "paid good money to see him perform" refers to a purely professional performance. But Robert's aspirations are much higher than that - he's not there to present a professional performance, he's there to serve music. So when the necessary conditions are undermined and music cannot come to life anymore... Walking off the stage is a honorable, honest and respectable way to finish the event.
R.I.P., Elephant Talk.
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Danielle, now twenty-one, dances every night at a strip club to pay for her apartment and college. She and her mother had not had contact for five years, ever since her mother got re-married. Tonight, however, her stepdad becomes a new customer and maybe more. Words: 20, Everything looks normal until Jesse inexplicably lashes out at Claire and leaves her stranded outside her house, in the middle of nowhere.
With a heavy heart, Claire finds her way to the corner store and awaits the bus so she can return home. Jesse appears and asks forgiveness. Tomboy Priscilla, better known as Little Red, wants to break free. Matt Wolf wants one thing and one thing only. Jason Hunter knows that protecting Little Red is something he was born to do.
One woman, two men. One hot tale of ridin' men. But Edith is different, she doesn't believe me when I tell her that I'm in fact the enchanted prince she's been waiting for. Thing is, she's been kissing all of the wrong men-frogs, too many to count and I have yet to be kissed by the right maiden. Carolyn loves her stepbrother, Donavan.
She loves him so much, she plays along with his deepest and darkest fantasies. Tied up and on the sex swing, she is ready for whatever Donavan wants. Can two in the closet moms find happiness with each other and their family? Reese and Lynn are attracted to each other and would like to live together now that their children are all grown up, in love and going to college.
But coming out to their children might be more than they bargain for. Will the children accept having lesbians moms? Or will they force them to break up? What happens next is pure ecstasy and a fantasy come true. Vivacious Leslie knows how to use her sexuality—if only she knew when to use it, and with whom. Would he be able to save the woman at stake or is it all part of a bigger scheme?
Motherhood by C. After her husband left for work, Sarah is haunted by strange voices telling her to kill her five-months-old baby girl named Laura. The voices tell her that Laura is a demon but is that true? Strange paranormal things happen to Sarah, that slowly starts to convince her that maybe the voices are right. Allen only cares about his motorcycle, and his girlfriend Spencer cannot take it away from him. When nightmares of dying while riding his bike begin to haunt Allen, choosing between his girlfriend and his motorcycle becomes the difference between life and death.
They are stepbrother and sister, but above all else, they are in love. Would they get past their pseudo family ties for good or will they let censorship and morality prevent them from telling their story. Brother for Keeps, because characters also have a right to speak up for the stories they are in.
Karine gets treated to a gangbanging. Stepmom Donna and I both had a fantasy we wanted to share. It was only a question of who took the first step to make it come true.
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I made that bitch famous. When used to describe a male, bitch may also confer the meaning of subordinate, especially to another male, as in prison. Generally, this term is used to indicate that the person is acting outside the confines of their gender roles, such as when women are assertive or aggressive, or when men are passive or servile. According to James Coyne from the Department of Psychology at the University of California, "'Bitch' serves the social function of isolating and discrediting a class of people who do not conform to the socially accepted patterns of behavior.
In the context of prison sexuality , a bitch is a lower- hierarchy prisoner, typically physically weak or vulnerable, who is dominated by more senior prisoners and forced to adopt a servile role. According to convention, these inmates are used as sexual slaves or traded as personal property. A "prison bitch" can also refer to any subservient entity, as in the Douglas Rushkoff description of a Microsoft - Yahoo partnership: "Yahoo is merely hooking up with the most alpha male company it can still find in order to survive.
In Russian criminal slang, by contrast, a bitch suka , pl. Suki were placed on the bottom of the prisoner hierarchy. As the definition of "cooperation" was not confined to snitching, but included any form of collaboration, World War II veterans returning to prison were declared suki , leading to the post-WWII Bitch Wars. The term son of a bitch is a form of profanity usually used to refer to a man who is nasty, rude or otherwise offensive. Its use as an insult is as old as that of bitch. Euphemistic terms are often substituted, such as gun in the phrase " son of a gun " as opposed to "son of a bitch", or "s.
Like bitch , the severity of the insult has diminished. Roy Blount, Jr. In politics the phrase "Yes, he is a son of a bitch, but he is our son of a bitch" has been attributed, probably apocryphally, to various U. Navy dive bomber, was called "Son-of-a-Bitch 2nd Class" by some of its pilots and crewmen. The term bitch slap is derived from American slang. In the original sense, a bitch slap is a powerful, full-swing slap in the face with the front of the hand, evoking the way an angry pimp might slap a defiant prostitute not to be confused with a pimp slap which uses the back of the hand.
However, the term is now frequently used figuratively to describe a humiliating defeat or punishment. To have the "bitch end" of a hand in poker is to have the weaker version of the same hand as another player. This situation occurs especially in poker games with community cards. For example, to have a lower straight than one's opponent is to have the bitch end. The bitch is slang for the queen of spades. When used as a verb , to bitch means to complain. Usage in this context is almost always pejorative in intent.
As an adjective, the term sometimes has a meaning opposite to its usual connotations. Something that is bitching or bitchin' is really great. For example, an admired motorcycle may be praised as a "bitchin' bike". From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Pejorative slang word for a person, usually a woman. For the song by Snoop Dogg, see Bitch Please. The examples and perspective in this section deal primarily with the United States and do not represent a worldwide view of the subject.
You may improve this section , discuss the issue on the talk page , or create a new article , as appropriate. December Learn how and when to remove this template message. Main article: Misogyny in hip hop culture. For the film, see Bitch Slap.
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Nicolas Jaar's 2011 single "Why Didn't You Save Me," originally from his Don't Break My Love EP, has been given new life by the electronic artist's Darkside partner Dave Harrington.
While the original featured a fuzzy, downtempo soundscape of knob-twisting activity, the redo gets a slightly glammier outlook via brighter synths, a steadier dance beat of cavernous snare clacks and the sultry vocals of special guest Tamara. The track is available now through Jaar's Other People imprint, but you can also stream it down below.
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After Losing our beloved dog Koobeh earlier this year, we faced the challenge of explaining death and grief to our kids. When we started working on this season of the show we wanted to create an episode that will help parents who had to experience loss in front of their young children. We found Jesse Brune-Horan, a minister and a grief consultant who faced the worst of all – the loss of a child. In this episode we explore fear and grief, how to move through them and how to deal with our kids’ facing them.
Jesse Brune-Horan doesn’t recommend pushing yourself through your grief. “We’re inundated with self help things and material like that that people feel like they have to power through your enlightenment or your healing or whatever it is,” Brune-Horan explains, “and sometimes it’s not helpful.”
“I really encourage people to always take the most peaceful path in the moment, whatever that is for you. Sometimes it looks like not dealing with it, putting on your sweats and watching Netflix for the weekend and that’s ok,” he adds.
Deal with your grief when you’re ready to deal with it
When going through grief and loss, some people experience relief when they are ‘giving themselves permission’ to be sad. To just stay in the sadness and cry for as long as they need.
“When I work with people who are moving through grief there’s like big, big piece of permission I give them, like, do your best in the moment, today, what’s the most peaceful thing you can do today,” Jesse explains. “And when we focus on peace, then whatever it is that’s preventing us from feeling that peace will naturally arise. And if we’re patient enough then we can sort of look at what’s coming up in that moment and we get to choose, like am I ready to tackle that horse yet or am I letting it ride by for now. The good news is, and you have been through enough life to know that, if there’s an issue that needs to be dealt with, then it eventually will be dealt with or [it will show up over and over again in your life] and you’ll be miserable.”
“Be a Man”
Jesse believes that we as dads should show our kids how we deal with our emotions – especially the ‘bad’ ones.
“A lot of what we were told, what a man is supposed to be and how ‘a man’ supposed to act – toughening up, not showing emotion, not being sad and all that stuff,” he says. “And now we know that it’s all bullshit and unhealthy and doesn’t really serve anybody. So to allow yourself to express emotion in front of your kid I think it’s a brilliant beautiful thing and you should, and you should let them know that it’s ok to be sad, it’s ok to have these experiences, it’s ok to grieve, show them how to grieve.”
“I think that’s the key: the key is we teach through our demonstration. We show them what it is to be sad, what it is to be happy. We show them what healthy boundary is, we show them what love is, we show them what family is.”
Our Guest: Jesse Brune-Horan
Founder and Spiritual Director, Active Love Ministries.
Jesse is a celebrated spiritual teacher, writer, activist, and lifestyle expert with over 15 years in the field.
He’s the co-founder of Inspire Spiritual Community, a Los Angeles based Independent New Thought organization serving the LGBTQ+ community & allies. He served as Spiritual Director from 2013-2019. Since 2010, he’s offered hundreds of teachings on spirituality, facilitated retreats, workshops, and group counseling.
Jesse leads classes based on the teachings of Science Of Mind, A Course In Miracles, The Way Of Mastery and A Course Of Love. He offers meditation training, meets privately with clients as a spiritual coach, facilitates yearly healing retreats, and offers live teachings. He’s a guest-teacher/presenter at various universities in Southern California.
As a lifestyle expert, Jesse has co-starred on series for Bravo, The Food Network, and OWN. He was part of the Day Time Emmy winning series, “Home Made Simple”. He co-hosted the popular podcast, “Alternative Styles” for Westwood One Media. His expertise has been featured in multiple media outlets such as Huffington Post, MensHealth.com, US Weekly, OK Magazine, OUT magazine, The Advocate, and Life & Style to name a few.
Jesse lives in Los Angeles with his husband Christopher and their two children.
Episode Guest Host: Greg of @greginla Blog
Greg, a single gay man, grew up in the northwest suburbs of Boston in a middle-class family with its share of enjoyment and challenges. He grew up with an interest in biology and a passion for health and fitness. Greg started weightlifting in college and graduated with a degree in biochemistry, and started his career as a tech and scientist in the biotechnology/ pharmaceutical industry in the Boston area while documenting his fitness and modeling journey on instagram. In 2015, he moved to Los Angeles, CA to pursue a more enjoyable lifestyle as a young gay fit man. His career slowly became more engineering focused and regulation-driven. More recently, his Instagram became better focused on showing others how to live a healthier lifestyle. In 2018, he launched his own lifestyle blog to supplement his Instagram to help others with their fitness journeys and mental awareness to pursue the lifestyle they have dreamt for themselves.
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Guest: Jesse Brune-Horan, Active Love Ministries
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28 окт 2014 : Видео с текстом от DYNASTY OF DARKNESS
DYNASTY OF DARKNESS, новый симфоник экстрим металл проект, в состав которого входят участники MAYHEM, DIMMU BORGIR, ARCTURUS, THE KOVENANT, EYES OF NOCTUM, опубликовал официальное видео с текстом к песне "Frozen".
22 июн 2013 Семплы новых песен DYNASTY OF DARKNESS
10 фев 2013 DEATH OF DESIRE сменили название на DYNASTY OF DARKNESS
Dynasty Of Darkness
http://dynastyofdarkness.com/
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Dynasty of Darkness was born in Bruchsal, Germany in 2008. First recordings and video footage were recorded in an abandoned military complex from the Second World War which used to be the 'Bundesnachrichtendienst Zentrale' or the Secret Service for the Nazis, the compositions were created behind machine gun dented bulletproof doors and rusted barbwire cells creating an unmatchable atmosphere of obscure, cold and eerie material which was used for their first demos.
In 2009 the band recruited the double Spellman Grammy Award winner and Golden Record winner Jan Axel Blomberg Aka. 'Hellhammer' as their official session drummer, who recorded all of the drum tracks for their debut Full Length album 'Empire of Pain' at the Mølla Studio in Norway, where bands such as Arcturus, Ulver, Mayhem, Rotting Christ, Aura Noir have recorded. Later on Attila Csihar was invited as a guest singer and recorded an obscure track under his Void of Voices project; in 2010 the band summoned the double Spellman Grammy Award winner & musical mastermind Amund Svensson Aka. Pzy-Clone to work on full orchestrations and symphonies on the album adding an element of epic majestic darkness to the music.
The album was produced by Morbid and recorded and mixed by Steve Tucker and Charles Logic. For the completion of the album more than 6 studios were used in 2 different Continents and 4 different countries.
Dynasty of Darkness's diversity in music execution has put critics worldwide into question; unable to categorize the band's sound into a specific genre and has named the band sound simply 'Extreme Metal.' The music combines varied musical styles that ranges from the rawest Black metal to Thrash to Industrial, Heavy Metal and even Death Brutal. The songs contain an explicit element of ravaging dark melodies combined with eerie atmospheric keyboards that enrich the music with obscure passages.
'Dynasty of Darkness' "non-genre" musical style will revolutionize the direction of metal worldwide and set new standards in music' - Steve Tucker
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Warner Norcross Awards LSAT Prep Scholarships to Six Students
For the fourth consecutive year, the law firm of Warner Norcross & Judd LLP has awarded Law School Admissions Test Preparation scholarships to six minority students.
The Warner Norcross program provides scholarships to enable minority students from Michigan or minority students attending a Michigan college or university to attend a study course to prepare them to take the LSAT. Studies have shown that students who take a formal prep course score higher on the LSAT, which determines entrance into law school.
The scholarship recipients are:
Maximo Anguiano, of Lansing, who attends Grand Valley State University
Similoluwa Anifowoshe, of Detroit, who attends Marygrove College in Detroit
Elle Catlin, of East Grand Rapids, who attends Albion College
Marsheda Patrice Ewulomi, of Lansing, who attends the University of Michigan
Beatrice Hinton, of New Jersey, who attends the University of Michigan
Justin Thomas, Ypsilanti, who attends Hampton University in Virginia
“We are very pleased to award LSAT Prep Scholarships to these deserving students,” said Rodney Martin, diversity partner at Warner Norcross. “Our firm is committed to promoting diversity and inclusion in the legal profession, and this scholarship program is one of the ways we assist in broadening access to law schools for students of color.”
The LSAT program is one of two scholarship initiatives offered by the firm to promote diversity in the legal profession. Warner Norcross also sponsors a Minority Scholarship Program that provides tuition assistance to a selected law, paralegal and legal secretarial student.
Since it began its scholarship programs, Warner Norcross has awarded more than $100,000 to support scholarship programs that encourage minority students to pursue a career in the law.
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Warner Norcross Signs Bar Association’s Diversity Collaborative Agreement
Reaffirming its longstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion, Warner Norcross & Judd LLP has signed the Managing Partners Diversity Collaborative Agreement sponsored by the Grand Rapids Bar Association (GRBA).
Managing Partner Douglas E. Wagner was among the signatories during the June 13th ceremony. The collaborative agreement is a formal commitment between the Grand Rapids Bar Association and 12 area law firms to work with others “to achieve diversity and inclusion in the education, hiring, retention and promotion of Michigan’s attorneys and in the elevation of attorneys to leadership positions.”
Specifically, Warner Norcross, the GRBA and other area law firms committed to a five-year action plan that pledges to:
Increase the number of attorneys of color within five years
Improve the rate of retention and advancement of female attorneys and attorneys of color
Expand the pipeline of persons of color who enter law school and the legal profession
“If we want to advance as a legal community, diversity must be a top priority for all of us,” Wagner said. “Warner Norcross is proud to be among the inaugural group of signatories to the Grand Rapids Bar Association’s initiative to promote diversity and inclusion. As a community, we have made solid strides over the years, but we still have work to do. The Bar Association has laid out a framework that will allow area law firms to address the issues of hiring, retaining and expanding leadership opportunities for attorneys of color and women.”
Warner Norcross has a strong and lengthy track record in diversity initiatives, including:
Being among the first Michigan law firms to sign the State Bar of Michigan Pledge to Achieve Diversity and Inclusion
Providing scholarships to encourage women and minorities to pursue legal careers
Providing scholarships to encourage minority students to prepare for the Law School Admissions Test, or LSAT, which is the entrance exam to law school
Supporting community initiatives, such as a mock trial program for high school students and an annual writing contest for elementary school students that honors the work and vision of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Expanding attorney recruiting efforts to ensure a diverse candidate pool of new associates
Developing policies to increase workplace flexibility, including alternative tracks to partnership
Offering numerous internal education programs, including a One Book, One Firm reading and discussion program, as well as lunch-and-learn programs
Strengthening mentoring programs to ensure that all attorneys have the opportunity to succeed and grow
Publishing a Diversity and Inclusion Annual Report, now entering its sixth year
Last year, the firm’s diversity initiatives received multiple awards, including the Alfred P. Sloane for Workplace Excellence in Flexibility and the Racial Justice Unity Award from the Knights of Peter Claver. Additionally, Warner Norcross was named one of the Top Work Places in the state by The Detroit Free Press and one of the 101 Best & Brightest Companies to Work For in Grand Rapids and Southeast Michigan. The firm’s diversity program has also been honored by Crain’s Detroit Business, Corp! and the Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce.
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Grand Race 2011 Results
Grand Race Road Rally 2011 from Warner Norcross & Judd Diversity on Vimeo.
Twelve teams competed in the Grand Race Road Rally on Saturday, June 11. The Grand Race Road Rally challenges four-person teams to follow clues that take them around the Grand Rapids area to locations where they take on challenges that introduce them to the diverse peoples that live in our community. The Grand Race Road Rally is organized for Warner Norcross by the Public Museum.
This year Warner Norcross invited 5 teams from area busineses to join the 7 teams from the firm. Teams from Fifth Third Bank, Irwin Seating, Priority Health and Spectrum Health participated.
Each team followed a clue that lead them from the Museum to one of 7 area sites where they had to complete a challenge to earn their next clue. The challenges were not all that daunting. They included, for example, sampling wonderful desserts at a Bosnian bakery and touring a Hindu temple. After checking in at all 7 sites, the teams raced back to the Museum where they faced another challenge, trying out a move taught by a martial arts team. All of the teams enjoyed the opportunity to learn more about Grand Rapids’ diverse cultural groups.
The winners received prizes including a gift card to some of the merchants who opened their businesses to us. In addition, they received a custom made loving cup that was turned on the lathe at the Musuem.
As usual, we had winner in in two divisions. In the Warner Norcross Division, Warner attorney Andrea Bernard and her family brought home the victory. In the Clients and Friends Division, Irwin Seating, competing for a second year, was the victor.
We are very grateful to the Grand Rapids Public Museum for all they do each year to make this such a great event. The Public Museum is an amazing cultural resource in our community.
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Developing a qualification by industry for industry
Concerned about a shortage of fire engineers, fire technicians, fire industry professionals and the lack of a clear career pathway, the Institution of Fire Engineers set about change. With support from Engineering e2e and in collaboration with MIT, it helped develop a new diploma course, and is developing micro-credentials in collaboration with other polytechnics.
The Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE) New Zealand Branch has been concerned for some time about problems facing the industry. These include: a shortage of fire professionals; an aging workforce with a large number likely to be retiring in the near future; many in the industry lacked formal training and qualifications; and that there is no clear career pathway into the industry.
Institution of Fire Engineers New Zealand
Gaps in training and knowledge,
The institution decided to tackle the problem of training first, starting with a Fire and Emergency NZ 2015 workshop to look at gaps in training for those working in their fire risk management department. Overlaps were seen in the rest of the fire industry so the gap analysis was widened to include the whole fire industry.
“There was lots of consultation with industry,” says IFE NZ president Trent Fearnley, “so we consequently decided to broaden the gap analysis to the whole fire industry – consisting of around 20,000 people.”
Analysing the needs of the fire industry
Analysing the needs of the fire industry confirmed that there was a lack of training across all fields of the industry. The only fire engineering course available was the Master’s programme at Canterbury University, so anyone wanting to specialise in this had to first complete a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Mechanical, Civil or Structural Engineering then seek a change into fire engineering and complete a Master’s degree.
The analysis found that a lot of people working at middle management and technician level didn’t have any formal fire engineering qualification. “We need to increase their level of knowledge,” Trent says, “and align that knowledge and training with a qualification.” Fire and Emergency NZ couldn’t fill that gap as it was outside their remit. It was suggested that IFE should lead this body of work as it aligned with their Engineering Technician grade qualification – the IFE took up the challenge.
No clear pathway into fire engineering
Increasing the number of people getting into fire engineering is challenging as most people don’t know what fire engineering is, or that there are many fields within the industry, such as: fire risk management, firefighting, fire engineering design, passive fire construction, fire equipment manufacturing, fire alarm design and installation, sprinkler design and installation, evacuation management and more.
Even if a school student is aware of fire engineering, there is no clear pathway to getting into the industry, and the only path available to the Master’s degree was through another engineering field.
A shortage of technician level engineers in particular
The shortage of fire engineers is particularly evident at technician level. Many working in these roles don’t have formal training or qualifications in fire engineering. Those who do had to complete their qualification through overseas institutions. Many companies just hired people with these qualifications from overseas; this was evident at a meeting of 32 fire engineers – only 6 were from New Zealand.
IFE NZ had started working to develop training packages for the New Zealand fire industry. They realised, however, that this wasn’t the best way to get more students into fire engineering.
Feedback from teachers: fire engineering won’t get much traction in schools
In 2016, IFE NZ in association with Fire and Emergency NZ held a careers day in Auckland to promote fire engineering as a career. Feedback from teachers at the event, however, was that fire engineering wasn’t likely to get much traction in schools because there was no defined career path. “They said that students need to be able to join the dots, to see the pathway from school through to tertiary study and a job.”
Focusing on the New Zealand Diploma in Engineering
After considering current and potential training opportunities, the Fire Protection Association NZ training group chaired by IFE NZ decided that the New Zealand Diploma in Engineering (NZDE) was the answer. After being introduced to Engineering e2e, Trent gave a presentation in Wellington about developing a diploma for industry by industry.
The institution’s needs fitted perfectly with Engineering e2e’s goal and led to discussions on the way forward. “After establishing a relationship with Engineering e2e,” Trent says, “doors started opening for us,”. In 2017, IFE NZ and Engineering e2e signed a memorandum of understanding to help develop a career path for fire engineers.
“We were struggling to get people to help with a diploma course, so Engineering e2e directed us to MIT. We agreed to work together, and MIT formed a Subject Matter Expert Group from IFE NZ members to develop the course with help from employers in the fire industry.”
Starting with a Certificate of Achievement in Fire Technology
While IFE NZ and MIT worked towards the new NZDE, they started developing a pathway which would start with a Level 2 qualification for school students. The Certificate of Achievement in Fire Technology – a five-week block course – begins in July this year for 30 Year 30 Year 11 – 13 Gateway students. Next year it will be offered as a one-day-a-week Gateway course. “The purpose of this course is to show students the various disciplines within the industry and to guide them into a career in one of them,” says Trent.
“Those who want to be more hands-on and trade-based can go through to the next stage – Competenz courses – and then on to the NZDE. Others may choose to go directly into the NZDE for roles such as evacuation consultant and building consent official, to name a few.”
NZDE almost ready to launch
The NZDE in Fire Engineering has been approved by the New Zealand Board of Engineering Diplomas and is currently waiting for New Zealand Qualifications Authority approval. Once that is obtained, MIT plans to offer the course in July this year. Trent says they are aiming for 50 – 100 diploma students each year, or possibly more!
IFE NZ is promoting this year’s course to people already working in the industry, with approximately 100 already interested.
Employers supporting staff to study towards the NZDE
Fire industry employers are supportive of the new NZDE course, with 30 already lined up to offer jobsto students. “There are also more employers throughout New Zealand interested in offering work experience in 2019, leading on to jobs at the end.”
Employers are also supporting existing staff to do the diploma. Cove Kinloch, for example, is offering four scholarships to staff, and Fire and Emergency NZ is also looking at supporting staff to go through the course.
Micro-credentials in Fire Engineering
With the diploma almost ready to roll, IFE NZ is now looking at developing micro-credentials with various polytechnics. Polytechnics, for example Otago Polytechnic, will also recognise previous learning from people with experience in the industry towards the NZDE.
The micro-credentials will be aimed at people working in any role which relates to fire engineering. An architect, for example, could upskill through a fire engineering micro-credential.
Info sheet: Micro-credentials in engineering education
Fire and Emergency NZ is learning more about micro-credentials in fire engineering and targeting its training to align with them. It will also support anyone wanting to move on to study towards the NZDE.
Fire engineering in the Bachelor of Engineering Technology
The next step is for IFE NZ and the SPFE to help develop fire engineering papers for the Bachelor of Engineering Technology so that it can lead on to the Master’s in Fire Engineering.
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Our thanks to Trent for his time and advice; if you have any queries please contact engineeringe2e@tec.govt.nz
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CNN / YouTube Debates - My Message To Steve Grove and Dave Bohrman
This video and post present my message to Steve Grove, the News and Politics editor for CNN, and to Dave Bohrman, the Executive Producer of the CNN / YouTube Debates for CNN.
My take is that CNN/YouTube was lucky to realize the ratings record that was set for the debate, and this was achieved for two reasons: 1) the time of year -- it's the fall holiday season, and 2) the fact that all of the Republican Presidential Candidates were there, which is no small feat.
Still, CNN/YouTube handled this debate differently than the Democratic Debate. First, the level of promotion of the event was dramatically scaled back compared to the first. Second, there were fewer questions picked out of the 5,200 that were submitted : 34 questions versus 43 for the first debate. Third, there was an annoying tendency to pick Blacks who submitted questions about Black issues, when there were videos from people who were not Black, but did ask questions about Blacks and the Republican Party.
(As a momentary aside, I think that practice shows an America that does not exist. It shows an America where only Blacks care about Black or minority issues, and not the real America, where a diverse set of people care about all Americans, and will ask questions regarding how Blacks are treated. To not show this -- the real America -- is criminal and paints America as far more racist than it really is. This country has come a long way and is better than it's ever been.)
CNN/YouTube also didn't handle its video talent properly. In the video I present myself as an example. In the begining I was -- and still am -- part of the sample video for the CNN/YouTube Debates. I'm also on the YTDebates channel, at least as of this writing and you can see my photo on the channel here in this blog post. So when I learned that YouTubers were being flown out by Google to the debates, I thought -- rightfully -- that somone would call.
Nope. Didn't happen.
I also sent an inquiry to determine if this was the case, and didn't get an answer from Steve Grove.
So it makes one wonder -- in this case, me -- what's going on over at CNN / YouTube and why they treat people in this way - or at least me. But given the thousands of people who have made and submitted videos, and the other talent that was promoted, I can't believe it's just me that had the problem.
CNN itself showed little regard for my time when they contact me for the first debate. Three show producers contacted me separately and in one case I thought I was to get on a flight. Then didn't get a call back. Then was essentially made to wait for a few days, then got a call saying I wasn't being flown out, only to get a call from another show flying me to New York.
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That's not good.
In closing, I think CNN / YouTube owes YouTubers an appology and I'm also disappointed with how Steve Grove handled things this time around. I have high standards for him and I expect that -- givent the historic nature of what he's doing with YouTube and CNN that he will reach and maintain them. It's not personal -- I like Steve -- just professional.
I don't know Dave Bohrman, but I expect that he's a fine and upstanding person who will take these crticisms to heart and act on them. I think all of us want to see the CNN / YouTube system reach its potential.
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Blogger Perez Hilton's antics during an altercation with Wil.I.Am of the Black Eyed Peas Monday morning has earned him a stern statement from The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD). During that exchange, Hilton, who's Gay, called Wil.I.Am an anti-gay slur. GLAAD's calling for Hilton to apologize:
New York, NY, June 22, 2009 – The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) today issued the following statement in response to a video posted by celebrity blogger Perez Hilton, in which he made the following remarks about a confrontation with will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas and members of the band’s entourage.
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"These are vulgar anti-gay slurs that feed a climate of hatred and intolerance toward our community," said Rashad Robinson, Senior Director of Media Programs at GLAAD. “For someone in our own community to use it to attack another person by saying that it is, quote, ‘The worst possible thing that thug would ever want to hear,’ is incredibly dangerous. It legitimizes use of a slur that is often linked to violence against our community. And it sends a message that it is OK to attempt to dehumanize people by exploiting anti-gay attitudes.”
Reuters is reporting that Toronto police have charged Liborio Molina, the manager of the Black Eyed Peas, with assault.
“While not all the facts in this case are known, the violence that appears to have been committed against Perez Hilton is unacceptable and ought to be condemned in the strongest possible terms,” said Robinson.
As of this writing Hilton's not issued an apology.
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Hilton got into a heated, verbally abusive argument first with Fergie, the popular singer with "The Peas" then with Black Eyed Peas' lead rapper Wil.I.Am early Monday morning. According to videos from both Wil.I.Am and Hilton, Hilton's verbal abuse led to his being beaten by what Wil.I.Am called "a fan" while Hilton said the attacker was the band's manager.
You can learn more with my initial video on this:
And more information's coming as the flow from Twitter is tremendous, but my estimate is it will subside by this time tomorrow unless someone from the Peas makes a new statement, Perez follows up, or another video surfaces.
This subject is now the fourth highest hashtag on Twitter, towering over Tehran; #iranelection remains at number one.
Labels: black eyed peas, music, perez hilton, wil.i.am
Perez Hilton says Wil.I.Am of Black Eyed Peas beat him up; lying?
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Famous blogger Perez Hilton blasted the Twitterverse just under an hour ago (in a story broke by "Tila Tequila" on Twitter) literally screaming that he was beaten up by rapper Wil.I.Am (of the red-hot group The Black Eyed Peas) and his security guards.
I was assaulted by Will.I.Am of the Black Eyed Peas and his security guards. I am bleeding. Please, I need to file a police report. No joke.about 1 hour ago from Sidekick
This is the full series of Hilton's tweets starting from most recent first:
The Toronto police are here now. Thank you. Please stop calling them.34 minutes ago from Sidekick
I spoke to my lawyer. I really need to talk to the authorities. Please come to the SoHo Met Hotel. Have called the police. Need them here.about 1 hour ago from Sidekick
Still waiting for the police. The bleeding has stopped. I need to document this. Please, can the police come to the SoHo Met Hotel.about 1 hour ago from Sidekick
I'm in shock. I need the police ASAP. Please come to the SoHo Metropolitan Hotel now. Please.about 1 hour ago from Sidekick
Is there a gay bar that we can go to with GaGa now that like has a balcony or some place to have fun but be safe?about 4 hours ago from Sidekick
Mission accomplished! I just got a picture with Taylor Lautner!!!! That one is for my fellow fangirls! Xoxo
But Wil.I.Am sent a text to a friend who then posted a photo of it on Twitter which read "What the hell would I be doing sockin Perez Hilton???"
So now it's a case of he-said, he-said. Hilton, whose real name is Mario Lavandeira, is known for being verbally abusive and in one case was physically assaulted but not for nothing; in that case at a party at the Playboy Mansion, Hilton never reported why he got a black-eye.
Hilton's also known for being an attention hound, so many Twitterers think this is just another ploy by Hilton to get attention that leads to traffic for his blog.
Wil.I.Am just created a video where he explained what happened. The rapper said that it started at an event after the MuchMusic Awards in Canada where Fergie of "The Peas" came up to the blogger and asked why he didn't like their music. Hilton explained it was just the record, but according to Wil.I.Am was "up in her face" and rude to her.
Later, Wil.I.Am encountered Hilton at another club and requested that he not treat the group in such a rude way as he did on his website. But rather than apologize, Hilton said "I don't respect you" to Wil.I.Am, who said "OK. That's cool." But then Hilton, who's Gay, called Wil.I.Am the "F-Word" but even then the lead lyricist for the Black Eyed Peas held his cool and backed off; but an unknown fan didn't and accordind to Wil.I.Am "got all up into him". So it was the fan that assaulted Hilton, not Wil.I.Am; if Wil.I.Am's story is accurate, Hilton lied about the incident.
My read on this is Hilton may have been drunk and a bit out of control of himself, which explains his behavior and the case of mistaken identity.
Hilton didn't stop tweeting. His last posts as of this writing said..
I won't be talking about this any further. It is in the hands of the authorities.22 minutes ago from web
Thank u all from the bottom of my heart for ur concern. The police are investigating the assault now. I did the right thing by reporting it.22 minutes ago from web
For his part Wil.I.Am said "It's all cool; it just got a little crazy."
Susan Boyle Says She Hates "Britain's Got Talent," So Do I!
http://www.zennie62.com - http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/a... - After the news of Susan Boyle's admission to a mental clinic for evaluation, I just plain hit the ceiling. I'd followed the stories of Boyle's much-justified outbursts last week - "much-justified" because Boyle was reportedly deliberately harassed by a couple of evil journalists who set out to make her upset - and could not understand how the producers of the now-popular TV Show "Britain's Got Talent" (BGT) would not get protection for Boyle and shield her away from harm.
I then watched in horror as news outlets around the World put all the weight of the issue on her, writing she's "having a meltdown", "SuBo goes loco", or "flies off the handle all the time" or words to that effect, and figured that it was some elaborate PR stunt possibly developed by the BGT minder just to hype up the ratings to see what she would do during the finals, then cement the show's popularity because of the upset loss that was sure to occur since the call-in audience's vote would be effected by the news of her problems.
That's what happened. After the show, Boyle reportedly ran down a hallway screaming "I hate this show." Well I agree with Ms. Boyle 100 percent. The way BGT treated Boyle, and really a portion of the World handled her, says nothing good about our Western culture and everything bad about how we've "evolved" into the 21st Century.
Sunday, May 31, 2009 0
Star Trek Director J.J. Abrams Talks Trek Movie Making with Blunty
A great video of an interview with Star Trek Director J.J. Abrams. He confirmed my earlier contention that the shorter dialog was reflective of "modern times" - not sure that's a good thing but I loved the movie.
Susan Boyle, "Diversity", Win Sunday's "Britain's Got Talent" Finals Round One
Susan Boyle, who electrified audiences around the Internet world with her audition on the UK show "Britain's Got Talent" won the first of five finals rounds today, featuring 40 contestants who made "the cut" on Saturday.
This round featured Boyle, violinist Sue Son, the daring Darth Jackson (a combination of Michael Jackson and Darth Vader), young Natalie Okri , belly dancer Julia Naidenko, (who Telegraph.uk blogger Anna Pickard refered to as "Julia Havalottaconstanants", I'm serious), chainsaw artist Kevin James, and a dance duo called "Faces of Disco", as well as a 67-person dance group called "Diversity."
According to Pickard, who live-blogged tonight's event, Boyle sang at 9:33 PM in London and picked an Andrew Lloyd Webber song that Pickard described as "a musical that begins 'midnight ... doo doo dee doo doo evening'" which reads that it must be the song "Memory".
Pickard explains Boyle had a new hairdo and and "dyed and fitted" dress, but the best news to me is Simon Cowell apologized for the belittling way the judges addressed Boyle before she belted out her amazing rendition of "I Dream A Dream" from Les Miserable and shocked the World. If you didn't see Boyle's first performance, it's worth a review:
It's Not Over, Yet
The audience and judges picked Boyle, along with Diversity and over the performance of young Natalie Okri, who Pickard writes was "standing in the middle of a stage and silently weeping."
That gets eight of the final 40 out of the way. The BGT shows for the rest of the week feature the rest of the finalists. Who will win is still up in the air, with perfomers like Harmony and Shaheen Jafargholi yet to appear again.
Here's the full list of the 40 finalists:
Aidan Davis – Dancer
Ben and Becky – Ballroom Dancers
Brit Chix – Rock Band
Callum Francis – Musical Theatre
Darth Jackson – Michael Jackson/ Darth Vader Impersonator
DCD Seniors – Dance Troupe
Diversity – Street Dancers
DJ Talent – Rapper
Dream Bears – Comedy Dancers
Fabia Cerra – Burlesque Dancer
Faces of Disco – Comedy Dancers
Flawless – Street Dancers
Floral High Notes – Flower Arranging and Opera Singing
Fred Bowers – Breakdancer
Gareth Oliver – Comedy Impersonator
Good Evans – Family Singing Group
Greg Pritchard – Male Soprano
Harmony – Musical Theatre
Hollie Steel – Singer/ Dancer
Hot Honeyz – Dancers
Jackie Prescott and Tippy Toes – Dog Act
Jamie Pugh – Singer
Julia Naidenko – Belly Dancer
Julian Smith – Saxophonist
Kay Oresanya – The Living Saxophone
Luke Clements – Juggler/ Street Performer
Mama Trish – Drag Act
Martin Machum – Guitarist
MD Showgroup – Dancers
Merlin Cadogan – Physical Performer
Natalie Okri – Singer
Nick Hell – Street Performer
Shaheen Jafargholi – Singer
Shaun Smith – Singer
Stavros Flatly – Comedy Dancers
Sue Son – Violinist
Sugarfree – Street Dancers
Susan Boyle – Singer
The Barrow Boys – Wheelbarrow Dancing
2 Grand - Singers
Labels: bgt, susan boyle
Friday, May 22, 2009 0
The Girlfriend Experience-Trailer
Thursday, May 14, 2009 0
American Idol Adam Lambert, Britney Spears Attacked On Stage. Why?
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Not too long ago in Western culture it seemed we had this mostly unwritten rule that when a performer was at work, we didn't rush the stage to be with them or follow them around, unless of course they asked us to. Well, in this Internet age the act of rushing the stage and stalking has become all too commonplace, with the latest victim being American Idol star Adam Lambert; pop culture icon Britney Spears faced the same incident just two weeks before.
And the act of stage rushing isn't limited to popular singers on television; a duo named Matt & Kim from Brooklyn were rushed at the annual multimedia event "South by Southwest" (or SXSW) in March.
Who's next, Susan Boyle?
In Spears' case the stage crasher, 20 year-old Kyle King, was a man who was whisked off and arrested by security after Britney let out a scream. By contrast, Lambert laughed the whole deal off - you can hear him - as authorities carried the shirtless woman (not topless as some reports have it) off and away from Lambert. Matt of Matt & Kim said "I don't know if anyone else woke up this morning feeling like they'd been in a brawl," ... "I woke up with a limp!"
I'm sure there are other examples of rushing the stage, but as it seems to be a form of stalking, I wonder if it's not a kind of new reaction by some to the new fame of others. All of the examples have people between the age of 20 and 30 who are doing the stalking, which means they're part of a generation that gets most of its media online -- they're hyper-engaged in media. Moreover, and now I'm spinning a theory as I've not found a study on this behavior in the Internet age, I wonder if those who stalk performers and media content creators in some way feel close to them because of the Internet, and want to complete the desire to "reach out and touch them."
And I'm not claiming their impulse is always harmless. Just ask American Idol host Paula Abdul, who was stalked by a contestant who eventually killed herself outside Abdul's home. Jamie Foxx fought off his stalker last month (what is it with April and March?) as he was in Philadelphia filming a movie.
Some people want to do harm to the simple video-blogger. I use as one example Melissa Compagnucci, a video-blogger who caught Internet fame after CNN discovered her for the CNN / YouTube Democratic Debate in 2007, and even flew her out to be part of the event itself with Anderson Cooper. But after the CNN spotlight, her vlogging attracted a stranger who took to taking pictures of where she lived at the time, just to let her know that he or she knew where she lived!
In Mel's case she just stopped posting vlogs for a few months, which is what I told her not to do. But now, she's back and is working for Ford Motor Company with the very cool gig of driving around the new Ford Fiesta for six months! I'm very happy she's "in the mix" as they say. But as to why people try to scare Melissa (or for that matter me) or any vlogger I don't know. I do know it's more common than it should be , and at least one vlogger was murdered , Asia McGowan last month, and by a nut case who reportedly "scorned Black women, discussed suicide, and decried atheists" and then killed himself.
And I get the same kind of messages she was complaining about; I just don't answer them.
No, I'm not comparing myself to Adam Lambert or Britney Spears, but Asia McGowan, yes. I am writing about those who feel it's necessary to "hate on" someone just because they dare have a media presence. I personally think the local police should have a protection list for entertainers, journalists, bloggers, and vloggers, so they know who we are and we have someone internally to call where we can report someone before its too late. I fear this is getting way out of hand. We've seen the loss of Chauncey Bailey who was gunned down in the line of journalist duty and Asia McGowan for sharing her view on the issues of the day. I don't want to ask who's next and I believe the same mentality that rushes someone like Adam Lambert or Britney Spears would do this to a journalist or a vlogger.
Enough's enough.
Labels: american idol, britney spears, zennie abraham
Monday, May 11, 2009 0
Star Trek Movie Stars On SNL To Address Trekkers
NBC's Saturday Night Live staff does it again with this hilarious segment featuring Star Trek's Zachary Quinto and Chris Pine (Spock and Kirk respectively) making an appearance on SNL's "Weekend Edition" to address the concerns of Trekkers who were upset that the J.J. Abrams-directed blockbuster didn't follow "Star Trek history."
(Ha. Which includes me. Well, I was only mildly concerned, and not so much so that I didn't enjoy the movie. It was excellent!)
At any rate, Pine starts opens with an apology of sorts and Quinto follows up by explaining how they did incorporate some well known Trek lore like the "Vulcan PonFar" ritual. Then Pine stumbles on his words while trying to explain the technology of the "Transporter" and just as all seems lost for the two new megastars, Leonard Nimoy walks in to an ovation and saves the day, expaining "Any Trekker who doesn't like the movie is..." something I can't print here but they can say on live television.
What's so funny are the two "Trekkers" in costume in the audience making "We're watching you" faces at the stars during the segment.
All of this fun causes me to wonder if we will see a "Star Trek Blooper Video" with outtakes from the film, much as we enjoyed the Star Trek Blooper Real of the past with some funny errors caught on tape as the cast of the television show was at work.
Hollywood Suprised At "Star Trek" Boxoffice
Meanwhile, Nikke Finke, who's "Deadline Hollywood" blog is the best source for inside information on Hollywood, revealed that not only did Star Trek surprise Hollywood, earning 76.5 million for the weekend, but the audience was 60 percent male, 40 percent female, which surprised me as I expected a 70 percent / 30 percent split based on the demographics for Star Trek videos on YouTube.
Finke writes:
To put that in perspective, a domestic weekend total under $50M would have meant the pic didn't attract a new and younger audience and relied instead on the franchise's older but loyal fanbase of Trekkies. It was risky for Paramount to market the movie as "not your father's Star Trek". But the critical reviews for JJ Abrams' reboot are 96% positive.
Labels: chris pine, Star Trek
New TV Show by Zennie62's On BART and Oscar Grant
On Saturday, May 2nd, my new television show starts. It's called "The Blog Report With Zennie62" and features the use of my video blogs in a weekly 30-minute format broadcast and co-produced by CoLoursTV in Denver. The start time is 3:30 PM Pacific Time, 6:30 PM Eastern Time and the show is replayed at 11:30 PM and 2:30 PM respecfully.
If you don't have a TV you can see the live stream at CoLoursTV.org. or Zennie62.com
The first show focused on selected events that occured after the shooting of Oscar Grant by BART Officer Johannes Mesherle on New Year's Day. It opens with my walk through a riot-ravaged downtown Oakland where I talked with many people about what happened, including a group of kids who were some of the rioters. Then we focus on the words of "DaveyD", America's foremost hiphop reporter and voice of the street, who shares his observations of how Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums handled the situation. And finally we hear from Dellums himself. This is not the last time I will visit this issue, but it's a good place to start the show.
The standard format is to present politics, news, sports, and tech in some combination for each show. Sometimes it's me talking about an issue; other times it's me talking to someone else, and with this show we will feature the work of other video-bloggers. It's a vloggers' playground.
The show will have a deliberate vlogger feel. Videos that you see on my channels at YouTube, Blip.tv, and other places make up the show. There's no studio; the camcorder is the star instrument. That means we can go anywhere at anytime and quickly make a video. It also means I can share what's happening in the news on the blogsphere in video form and show it on "The Blog Report". A lot of ground we can cover considering I never dreamed of having my own television show, but this whole road I've taken has been totally unplanned by me.
"The Blog Report" all started last year when I met Art Thomas who's the Executive Vice President with CoLoursTV at a media walk-through for the Democratic National Convention in Denver. He lived in Oakland before moving to Denver and so we had a lot to talk about. I was looking for a sponsor for our show at the time, so I sent a proposal to Thomas. That exchange turned into an idea for placing our videos on CoLoursTV and that became the concept called "The Blog Report With Zennie62".
Our first concern was how to get the videos up on television without a loss of at least the quality that is seen on Blip.tv and Viddler, which have the sharpest video uploads (that written, I love YouTube and the quality's really improved over time such that it's competitive with the two, but YouTube's best system is the website design and its "viral" nature as well as The YouTube Partner program.) I think we solved that problem and I understand the TV version looks even better than what you're going to see here.
I look forward to your feedback and questions. We're seeking sponsors and there are some organizations we simply want to establish strategic partnerships with, so please contact me. The possibilities for this are many and should serve as an example for a possble future for newspapers as well.
If you're a video-blogger located anywhere in the World and have material that's not longer than 4 minutes tops, notify me via email at zennie@sportsbusinesssims.com and we'll go from there. I prefer the video is already uploaded on some site, Brightcove, Blip.tv, YouTube, etc, so I can see it.
I wish to thank Art Thomas, Damon Purdy, and Tracy Winchester of CoLours TV, as well as Steve and Bernard who made me look good in the promo. I also wish to thank Google / YouTube for their support and encouragement and specifically Chad, Emily, and Hunter. A big loud shot-out to the iReport team at CNN: Lila, Henry, Rachel, David, Nicole Saldi, and the rest. And thanks to the team at CNN Special Projects, Errol and Jessica, and to Roland Martin and his staff at CNN for discovering me. Finally, thanks to the San Francisco Chronicle for seeing the value in how I do what I'm doing and providing a platform. To the National Football League and Commissioner Roger Goodell, Greg Aiello, and Frank Supovitz ("Mr. Super Bowl") And of course, thanks to my Mom and my relatives in Chicago and Tennessee.
Monday, April 20, 2009 0
Reaction to Susan Boyle
This is from YouTuber coolness748:
Hello! We respect Susan Boyle , she is an awesome and great singer. Are these real tears here?? not quite, though watching her sing for the first time did cause watery eyes..(Remember video is in Comedy) Thank You all.
Sunday, April 05, 2009 1
Fox News' Roger Friedman's Leaked "Wolverine" Review Gets Him In Trouble With Fox News, News Corp
More at HuffPost: “FoxNews.com entertainment columnist Roger Friedman has drawn the ire of News Corp bosses after writing a review of a leaked version of the upcoming 20th Century Fox blockbuster "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" — and he'll have to answer to Fox News executives in a meeting Monday morning.
Friedman's FoxNews.com column Thursday — since deleted — was a review of "Wolverine" that studio bosses viewed as an implicit endorsement of movie piracy, according to Deadline Hollywood Daily's Nikki Finke.”
Labels: deadline hollywood, huffpost, movie, nikke finke, wolverine
Saturday, March 28, 2009 0
Fox News' Female Short Skirts Get Ratings Over CNN
For the first time, according to Nielsen, CNN came in third place in cable news program ratings behind Fox and MSNBC. CNN had 1.14 million viewers in March, compared with 1.16 million for MSNBC and 2.3 million for Fox News. Some say the reason is Fox is conservative; it's really their focus on women anchors with short skirts.
So Fox could be liberal as heck and still have the same ratings if they had the same "sex sells" strategy. There have been a lot of Fox female anchors doing the showing of a lot of leg: E.D. Hill, Ainsley Earhardt , Linda Vester, Gretchen Carlson, and Catherine Herridge to name some of them.
That's a lot of women, and I'm sure I've left someone's name off the list without intention. The point is, it's too much of a habit to ignore, thus it's part of the high ratings, because it builds expectations that a viewer will see women in short skirts, especially in the morning.
Is this a bad thing? Well, yes and no. Look, we can't deny that above all else, television is a visual medium. It's not radio at all. So people react to what they see. Moreover, we're wired to reproduce -- people forget that -- so visual cues that appeal to our sexual nature will get more attention than those that don't.
That's a fact.
I can't blame Fox for this. But I can blame Fox for coupling it with some lame reporting. Much of it's so biased I don't watch it at all. I flip between CNN and MSNBC. And CNN has some attractive female anchors, but they don't present them like Fox does. If they did, I hate to write this, but CNN would overtake Fox for the ratings lead.
The question is will they do this?
'Building a Mystery' by Sarah McLachlan on QTV
Q was fortunate enough to have Sarah McLachlan as the live musical guest for the Toronto live special broadcast out of the CBC's Glenn Gould Theatre. Playing to a packed house Sarah started her appearance off with her hit 'Building a Mystery'.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009 0
Natasha Richardson Accident - Richardson Passed Away Tonight
From CBS: Actress Natasha Richardson and wife of Liam Neeson is reportedly in critical condition after suffering a head injury in a skiing accident at a Canadian ski resort. Randall Pinkston reports.
I later learned that the actress passed away this evening at the age of 45 years old.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 0
Star Trek Movie: Where Are The Black Men?
There's a lack of Black men in the Star Trek trailers and director J.J. Abrams called and invited Tyler Perry to be in the movie to make up for the oversight
Sunday, March 08, 2009 0
Martha Stewart and Lucaris Have Lunch - Seriously
One interesting aspect of taste maven Martha Stewart's life is that she keeps company with some hip members of American Culture, one of them is rapper Ludacris, who had lunch with Martha on March 4th. Here's what Martha wrote on "The Martha Blog ":
Here I am having Lunch yesterday with Ludacris (Chris Bridges). We had a nice salad, paella, and chocolate cake for dessert. He is a nice young man and very, very busy. He is extremely excited about his new flick and new album. Ludacris also really liked the chocolate cake!
But why is this not part of her overall image? A good question that begs for an answer!
Labels: lucaris, martha stewart, news
Thursday, March 05, 2009 1
Chris Brown / Rihanna: Brown charged with two felonies; details of pop star girlfriend Rihanna's assault revealed
More at NY Daily News: “Disturbing details of Rihanna's car ride from hell were revealed Thursday after R&B singer Chris Brown was charged with beating up the pop star as they drove home from a pre-Grammy Awards bash.
"I'm going to beat the s--t out of you when we get home," Brown screamed, according to an affidavit. "You wait and see!"
But almost immediately Brown began raining blows on Rihanna, who was identified as Robyn F. in the court papers.”
-- This reveals a sick, controlling person who should go to jail for what he did. Ramming her head into the passenger window. Trying to kick her out of his rented car. It goes on and is a terrible story.
Labels: chris brown, news, rihanna
"Midnight Cowboy" Featured By Directors Guild of America Theatre in New York City
I got an email from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences that they are going to screen the classic "Midnight Cowboy" in New York City, March 16th. You can gain a "taste" for the film from this fan-made trailer:
The Academy reports: "The 1969 Best Picture winner “Midnight Cowboy” will screen for New York audience as part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ “Monday Nights with Oscar®” series on Monday, March 16, at 7:30 p.m. at the Directors Guild of America Theatre in New York City.
"Academy Award®-winning producer Jerome Hellman will join Academy Award-nominated actress Sylvia Miles in a post-screening discussion. David V. Picker, the executive-in-charge at United Artist during the film’s development, will moderate the onstage conversation, which also will include actor Bob Balaban, cinematographer Adam Holender, composer John Barry and costumer designer Ann Roth.
“Midnight Cowboy” stars Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight as two mainstream society outcasts who forge an unlikely friendship on the lonely and unforgiving streets of New York City. The film endures as a powerful story of friendship, compassion and redemption.
The tickets are cheap: $5 and the DGA Theatre is located at 110 West 57th Street in New York City. The box office opens at 5:30 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. All seating is unreserved, which means get their early. For more information, call (212) 821-9251
Labels: dga, directors guild of america, midnight coyboy, new york
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He is regarded as "the godfather of American avant-garde cinema" and is one of the founding members of both The Film-Makers' Cooperative and Anthology Film Archives, as well as being a lauded film critic and a filmmaker. He has been consistently making films since the 1960's and has had his works shown all across the globe.
Jonas Mekas was born in 1922 in the farming village of Semeniškiai, Lithuania. He currently lives and works in New York City. In 1944, he and his brother Adolfas were taken by the Nazis to a forced labor camp in Elmshorn, Germany. After the War he studied philosophy at the University of Mainz. At the end of 1949 the UN Refugee Organization brought both brothers to New York City, where they settled down in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
Two months after his arrival in New York he borrowed money to buy his first Bolex camera and began to record brief moments of his life. He soon got deeply involved in the American Avant-Garde film movement. In 1954, together with his brother, he started Film Culture magazine, which soon became the most important film publication in the US. In 1958 he began his legendary Movie Journal column in the Village Voice. In 1962 he founded the Film-Makers' Cooperative, and in 1964 the Film-Makers' Cinematheque, which eventually grew into Anthology Film Archives, one of the world's largest and most important repositories of avant-garde cinema, and a screening venue.
During all this time he continued writing poetry and making films. To this date he has published more than 20 books of prose and poetry, which have been translated into over a dozen languages. His Lithuanian poetry is now part of Lithuanian classic literature and his films can be found in leading museums around the world. He is largely credited for developing the diaristic forms of cinema. Mekas has also been active as an academic, teaching at the New School for Social Research, the International Center for Photography, Cooper Union, New York University, and MIT.
Mekas' film The Brig was awarded the Grand Prize at the Venice Film Festival in 1963. Other films include Walden (1969), Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania (1972), Lost Lost Lost (1975), Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol (1990), Scenes from the Life of George Maciunas (1992), As I was Moving Ahead I saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty (2000), Letter from Greenpoint (2005), Sleepless Nights Stories (2011) and Out-takes from the Life of a Happy Man. In 2007, he completed a series of 365 short films released on the internet -- one film every day -- and since then has continued to share new work on his website.
Since 2000, Mekas has expanded his work into the area of film installations, exhibiting at the Serpentine Gallery, the Centre Pompidou, Musée d'Art moderne de la Ville de Paris, the Moderna Museet (Stockholm), PS1 Contemporary Art Center MoMA, Documenta of Kassel, the Museum Ludwig in Cologne, the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, and the Venice Biennale.
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Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice, Co-directors Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice is a love song to one of the most memorably stunning voices that has ever hit the airwaves, Linda Ronstadt. She burst onto the 1960s folk rock music scene in her early twenties as the lead singer of the Stone Poneys, Ronstadt eventually branched out to begin her decades long career as a solo artist, touring the world selling out stadiums and, at one point, setting the record as the highest paid female artist in rock. Most remarkable to this day is her interest in and willingness to jump into new and challenging styles of music, including opera, jazz, and Mexican folk, excelling fantastically with each. Ronstadt has also been an outspoken political advocate for causes such as same-sex marriage and the inhumane treatment of undocumented immigrants, never shying away from fighting for what she believes both on and off the stage. Oscar-winning directors Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman (The Times of Harvey Milk, The Celluloid Closet, Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt, Howl, Lovelace and End Game) use deep-cut archival footage, and Ronstadt’s own astute recollections, to celebrate an artist whose desire to do justice to the songs that touched her soul made generations of fans fall in love with her – and with the sound of her voice. Co-directors Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman join us to talk about a remarkable singer /artist and an even better person.
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“She shows herself to be one of its indispensable interpreters, as a vocalist and also as a thinker – covering a sprawling landscape with elegance, passion and insight.” – A.O. Scott, New York Times
“It captures the life and career of a rock ‘n’ roll star who never looked back, never apologized, never compromised.” – Owen Gleiberman, Variety
“Astutely chronicling an amazing musical career that ended prematurely due to Parkinson’s disease, Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice will delight the singer’s old fans and likely make her many new ones as well.” – Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
“An excellent retrospective and celebration of Ronstadt’s trailblazing career.” – Sophia Stewart, Nonfics
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Sea of Shadows, Director Richard Ladkani
A looming disaster in one of the most spectacular environments on Earth sparks a rescue mission unlike any other in SEA OF SHADOWS, a riveting new documentary with the intensity of a Hollywood thriller from National Geographic Documentary Films and winner of the Sundance audience award. When Mexican drug cartels and Chinese traffickers join forces to poach the rare totoaba fish in the Sea of Cortez, their deadly methods threaten to destroy virtually all marine life in the region, including the most elusive and endangered whale species on Earth, the vaquita porpoise. SEA OF SHADOWS follows a team of dedicated scientists, high-tech conservationists, investigative journalists and courageous undercover agents as well as the Mexican Navy as they put their lives on the line to save the last remaining vaquitas and bring the vicious international crime syndicate to justice. Director Richard Ladkani (The Ivory Game, The Devil’s Miner) talks about the monumental challenge of saving a highly intelligent mammal from a desperately poor community who see the black market totoaba and the vaquita as a way to spare their family from a life of poverty and degradation.
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“Sea of Shadows is truly horrifying.” Danielle Solzman, Solzy at the Movies
“An environmentally conscious, unabashedly heart-grabbing exposé.” – Guy Lodge, Variety
“Ladkani has a way with conveying just how big the stakes are and brings them to land.” – Stephen Saito, Moveable Fest
“Sea of Shadows may still raise awareness about the plight of other sea creatures still under threat from illegal nets sweeping the bottom of the ocean, killing everything unfortunate enough to swim in its wake.” – Monica Castillo, Remezcla
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Ice on Fire, Director Leila Conners
ICE ON FIRE, an eye-opening documentary that focuses on many never-before-seen solutions designed to slow down our escalating environmental crisis, goes beyond the current climate change narrative and offers hope that we can actually stave off the worst effects of global warming. Eleven years after Conners’ first collaboration with Executive Producer Leonardo DiCaprio on “The 11th Hour,”which emphasized the problems of climate change, ICE ON FIRE instead focuses on the cutting-edge research behind today’s climate science – and the innovations aimed at reducing carbon in the atmosphere, which could pave the way for a reduction in the global temperature rise and a benefit to the planet’s life systems. ICE ON FIRE emphasizes the importance of an immediate, two-pronged approach to reversing the crisis: reducing carbon emissions through traditional renewable energy sources and new ones, like tidal energy, and implementing “drawdown” measures, focusing on methods for drawing down and sequestering carbon, including direct air capture, sea farms, urban farms, biochar, marine snow, bionic leaves and others. Director Leila Conners joins us to talk about the looming catastrophe and the emerging and encouraging techniques and technologies that can provide a sustainable path forward.
http://www.kuci.org/podcastfiles/683/FS-6-14-19%20Conners%20-%20Ice%20on%20Fire.mp3
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“Putting quibbles about pitch and approach aside… as a beginners’ guide to Arctic thaw and its consequences this is pretty exemplary stuff.” – Les;ie Felperin, Hollywood Reporter
“Ice on Fire is a “call to action” documentary. It’s an eye-opener for anyone prone to a stultifying “doomsday mentality” and that is unequivocally a good thing.” – Amy Glynn, Paste
“Should be essential viewing for anyone who plans to carry on living on the planet…” – Wendy Ide, Screen International
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The Lavender Scare, Director Josh Howard
THE LAVENDER SCARE is the first documentary film to tell the little-known story of an unrelenting campaign by the federal government to identify and fire all employees suspected of being homosexual. In 1953, President Eisenhower declared gay men and lesbians to be a threat to the security of the country and therefore unfit for government service. His directive triggered the longest witch hunt in American history. Over the next four decades, tens of thousands of government workers would lose their jobs for no reason other than their sexual orientation. But the actions of the government had an unintended effect. They inadvertently helped ignite the gay rights movement. In 1957, after thousands had lost their jobs, a Harvard-trained astronomer named Frank Kameny became the first person to fight his dismissal. His attempts to regain his job evolved into a lifelong fight for the rights of LGBT people. The Lavender Scare is a compelling story of one man’s fight for justice. And it is a chilling reminder of how easy it can be, during a time of fear and uncertainty, to trample the rights of an entire class of people in the name of patriotism and national security. Director Josh Howard (60 Minutes) joins us to talk about Senator Joseph McCarthy, scare tactics, blind prejudice and the willful destruction of thousands of peoples lives.
http://www.kuci.org/podcastfiles/683/FS-6-7-19%20Howard%20-%20Lavender%20Scare.mp3
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“Glenn Close’s voice-over is used to try to smooth over jumps forward and backward in time, but keeping all the players here in balance proves difficult for first-time director Josh Howard. – Dan Callahan, The Wrap
“This powerful doc is sadly all too relevant.” – Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
“Thoroughly researched and evidenced, wonderfully detailed, informative and authoritative but always in touch with the human story at its heart. – Jennie Kermode, Eye for Film
“The Lavender Scare is a must watch for everyone in today’s political climate regardless of sexual orientation.” – Beth McDonough, After Ellen
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Artifishal, Director Josh Murphy
ARTIFISHAL is a film about wild rivers and wild fish. It explores the high cost – ecological, financial and cultural – of our mistaken belief that engineered solutions can make up for habitat destruction. The film traces the impact of fish hatcheries and farms, and the extraordinary amount of American taxpayer dollars wasted on an industry that hinders wild fish recovery, pollutes our rivers, and contributes to the problem it claims to solve. ARTIFISHAL also dives beneath the surface of the open-water fish farm controversy, as citizens work to stop the damage done to public waters and our remaining wild salmon. Director Josh Murphy joins us for a conversation on the devastating consequences that fish hatcheries are having on the salmon and other native species, the damage being done vital eco-systems and the enormous cost of a failed system.
Wild salmon and southern resident killer whales are on the brink of extinction. Now a misguided plan to feed the starving whales with hatchery salmon will push both endangered species closer to the edge, while costing taxpayers millions of dollars per year. Hatcheries and over harvest, along with net-pen fish farms and dams, are key contributors to the catastrophic decline of wild Chinook salmon and southern resident killer whales in the Pacific Northwest. Now, Washington state’s Orca Task Force recommendations include a plan to “feed the orcas” with 60 million more hatchery salmon per year. The proposed budget requests up to $87 million dollars to fund this plan for 10 years. Science tells us this won’t work: orcas need larger wild salmon, while adding more hatchery fish further weakens the wild-salmon gene pool. The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) have the power to make this change. Patagonia’s petition calls on NOAA Regional Administrator Barry Thom, WDFW Director Kelly Susewind, and our elected decision makers to stop wasting money on failed plans and invest in science-based solutions: reduce hatchery production, remove dams and change how we harvest salmon.
http://www.kuci.org/podcastfiles/683/FS-5-31-19%20Murphy%20-%20Artifishal.mp3
For more on Artifishal go to: patagonia.com/artifishal
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“Exposes the devastating reality of fish farming on the wild salmon population and wider ecosystem.” – Ed Gibbs, Little White Lies
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The Serengeti Rules, Director Nicolas Brown
Academy Award-winning Passion Pictures and HHMI Tangled Bank Studios present one of the most important but untold science stories of our time, THE SERENGETI RULES is a tale with profound implications for the fate of life on our planet. Beginning in the 1960s, a small band of young scientists, Bob Paine, Tony Sinclair, Mary E. Power, John Terborgh, Jim Estes, and Sean B. Carroll headed out into the wilderness, driven by an insatiable curiosity about how nature works. Immersed in some of the most remote and spectacular places on Earth—from the majestic Serengeti to the Amazon jungle; from the Arctic Ocean to Pacific tide pools—they discovered a single set of rules that govern all life. Now in the twilight of their eminent careers, these five unsung heroes of modern ecology share the stories of their adventures, reveal how their pioneering work flipped our view of nature on its head, and give us a chance to reimagine the world as it could and should be. Director Nicolas Brown joins us to talk about the far-reaching implications of the groundbreaking work done by Bob Paine on the importance of “keystone” species and the tremendously important work done by his colleagues since then can lead to a restoration of the natural order and help humanity reverse an ecological catastrophe.
http://www.kuci.org/podcastfiles/683/FS-5-17-19%20Brown%20-%20Serengeti%20Rules.mp3
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“‘The Serengeti Rules’ celebrates not only the diversity and beauty of the natural world but also recognizes the transformative power of curiosity and knowledge.” – Kimber Myers, Los Angeles Times
“An absolutely riveting documentary about biodiversity and the need for humanity–its gravest threat–to reverse its course and preserve it. Difficult under the likes of Trump and the Koch’s but necessary.” Louis Proyect, counterpunch.com
“The great accomplishment of “The Serengeti Rules” is that it directs the viewer to see beauty in the way an ecologist might.” – Two Bugbee, New York Times
“It’s a film which sounds an alarm, but, unlike most similarly-themed pictures, one which permits a chink of light into the traditionally bleak narrative of man’s impact on the land.” – Wendy Ide, Screen International
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Things To Do In Jamestown Tn
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‘Geek-Girl Series 2 #5:’ Comic Book Review
Geek-Girl: Series 2 #5 starts with the revelation that Ruby has joined forces with local businessman Johnny Carlyle to become the face of The Kaye Foundation, Carlyle’s charitable organization that is sponsoring a new superhero team. Of course, it will be led by its namesake, the one and only Geek-Girl! Some of the other capes enticed to join up seem to have some rather… odd abilities, though. What will Ruby and Summer think of the new HQ? Can Johnny Carlyle drop his business to be with his wife in the delivery room? Is a random mash-up of super abilities a great idea? Only time will tell.
The latest issue of Geek-Girl lets the protagonist take a bit of a break and just enjoy the rewards of signing up for Carlyle’s new venture. While danger is lurking on the horizon, it’s broadly defined (nameless bulletproof villain), and it hasn’t made it to Ruby’s new stronghold yet. The new superheroes get short introductions through the story and in a few introduction videos the girls watch at the new headquarters, but I didn’t get a strong feel for their powers or psyches. The story simply hints that these aren’t the top-tier capes floating around in this society; like Ruby, the monetary gain is a big factor. (We all have bills to pay.) Hopefully, some of them will truly want to help humanity, but I don’t know if I really want to understand Guano Man’s special ability…
Ruby presents like a realistic college girl in this issue, despite her extraordinary glasses. She accepts Carlyle’s offer to help her parents with her medical bills, and the new superhero headquarters gives her a place to live besides her old bedroom. She and Summer reveal natural reactions to everything they see (including Ruby’s introduction video) and convinced me that I was seeing two close girlfriends exploring life.
Granda didn’t get the opportunity to draw very many action shots in this issue (There’s a little excitement near the end.), but every panel holds to the style from the very first Geek-Girl. Some of Ruby’s expressions made me laugh aloud, because I’ve seen those looks from myself.
Geek-Girl Series 2 #5 is designed to be a jumping-on point for new readers, so it sets up the action for future installments rather than diving in. Everyone can get a sense of the world, explore the setup for new teammates and villains, and begin to anticipate the upcoming conflicts. Who is the young blonde man spouting incantations and surviving a shot to the chest? Can Ruby live as part of a team of superheroes for hire? Who is the mysterious supe on the plane? We’ll have to wait until February 2020 to find out!
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game: Myst III: Exile
posted by: Monica Hafer
platform: Xbox PS2
date posted: 09:10 AM Mon May 20th, 2002
last revision: 04:16 AM Fri Sep 23rd, 2005
The sequel to the best selling PC adventure game of all time is coming to the Xbox. Myst and Riven have sold over 11million copies combined, and with the PC version of Myst III newly on the shelves, the move to port the franchise to a new system makes perfect sense. The release date for Exile on Xbox is during the third quarter, 2002, and from the previews at E3, this number one game is going to open up a whole new world for console gamers.
Exile is a photo-realistic, 3D adventure game developed by Presto Studios and published by Ubisoft. The general premise of the game is that a people called the D\'ni are able to create \"ages,\" which are fictional worlds that become real as they are written down. In this third installment, there are five worlds in which to play, and you are chasing a man named Saavedro (played by Academy Award nominee Brad Dourif of One Flew Over the Cuckoo\'s Nest) through each age as the tale of his need for revenge unfolds. As the game begins, you are at the house of Atrus and his wife Catherine (familiar characters from the franchise), and you are being shown the latest book created by Atrus. Just then, the man Saavedro bursts in, steals the book, and escapes into another age. You will follow him, and with the help of the journals of Atrus, Catherine, and Saavedro, you will discover the actions of Atrus\'s sons which have driven Saavedro to seek retribution.
This installment features navigation technologies which support a \"free-look\" movement system that allows 360 degree panning. The Xbox port resembles the PC version in the way in which one moves through the game (clicking on items or moving oneself through the game by predetermined routes) and PC gamers will find the transition fairly easy. However, the muscle of the Xbox allows all the beautiful graphics and gameplay of the computer with some nice new additions. Along with more intuitive gameplay and interface, the ambient environmental sounds have been joined by vibrations in the controller which correspond with the visual environmental factors (such as the motion of waves and the shaking of the ground). Special care was taken to make this a subtle factor so as not to pull players out of the spell of the game, but to still enhance the overall experience.
Although the gameplay is created with a PC paradigm in mind, I believe that console gamers will welcome this latest addition to the adventure family. Exile has stunning visuals, haunting music composed by Jack Wall, a great script written by Mary DeMarle, and challenging puzzles which will keep you enthralled for hours. Some of the ports that I\'ve looked at are too slow and cumbersome for those players used to console games, but I believe this title will span the chasm because of, ultimately, the quality and depth of the game. We could wish for a more console-based interaction with the environment, but I think the elements of this game are compelling enough to hold our attention (if for no other reasons but the bizarre, beautiful environments and the deeply psychological plotline). I think this game will appeal especially to the fantasy and RPG aficionados.
At E3, I was lucky enough to get a chance to speak with the Associate Producer of this title, Ashley Bushore. Ubisoft prides itself on having people directly involved in the production of a game show it at E3, and I find that a refreshing change from the \"hired gun\" approach to game PR. Not only are those involved directly with the game more knowledgeable about the game in question, they also project the enthusiasm and pride for their \"children\" that makes me excited about up-coming titles. As Bushore walked me through the console changes and additions, she pinpointed several of the reasons for the success of this franchise. This game, she pointed out, was allowed the gestation time necessary to create quality, and the use of an imaginative and detailed script provided the framework that allows players to immerse themselves so deeply in the world that is Myst. I believe that console gamers will appreciate this approach (and the game in question) in a world where many titles are slap-dash but still carry a fifty-dollar price tag. The necessity for producers to support quality and work in tandem with developers is a critical difference between a \"so-so\" game and a work of art... Myst III falls into the latter category. And besides that, this title goes beyond fun into a compelling, surreal video game experience.
Exile has the chance to be a truly effective crossover from the PC realm, and I will be one of the first people in line to welcome it into the console family. We will be witness to the console world learning what is best about computer games, and hopefully, as this franchise progresses, it will continue to integrate what is best about consoles as well.
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Red Flowered
How to grow broad beans.
In sheltered, southern gardens with well-drained soils, broad beans can be sown directly into the soil in early November or February for harvests as early as May. Sown in November, seeds will germinate within two to four weeks and young plants should overwinter and recommence growth as soon as conditions are favourable in spring. In cold areas, or when winters are severe, plants will need fleece or cloche protection..
Elsewhere, sow beans in pots under cover in February for planting out in spring or direct into the ground in March, April and even early May, for harvests throughout the summer. Pot-raised plants are especially useful where soils are wet or rich in clay (as these soils can lead to seeds rotting in the ground)..
Growing broad beans is fairly straightforward if you follow the steps below..
Choose a well-drained site that has been thoroughly dug and, ideally, improved with garden compost or well-rotted manure
Sow seeds 5-7.5cm (2-3in) deep and 15-23cm (6-9in) apart, depending on the cultivar. In open ground, sow in single rows 45cm (18in) apart or double rows 23cm (9in) apart with 60cm (2ft) between each double row. In raised beds where space is not needed to walk between rows for picking, all rows can be spaced 23cm (9in) apart.
Sow a few extra seeds at the end of the rows to produce plants which can be lifted and moved to fill in any gaps created by seeds that fail to germinate.
Hoe regularly to remove weeds as soon as they appear.
Tall cultivars may need staking. Use strings attached to sturdy stakes inserted at 1.2m (4ft) intervals. Smaller cultivars usually support each other, especially when they are planted in double rows.
Unless rainfall has been high, soak plants well at the start of flowering and again two weeks later. Further irrigation may also be needed on light soils.
When the lowest truss of blossom has formed small pods, pinch out the tips of the beans to promote fruit set and reduce problems with blackfly (an aphid). These tips can be steamed or stir-fried and eaten.
Harvest pods once beans have begun to visibly swell inside. Harvest plants in stages, starting with the lowest pod first; small beans are sweeter and more tender that large ones. Pods can also be picked when they are immature to be cooked and eaten whole
Thanks to Rebsie Fairholm an independent plant breeder for the following information. She is based in Cheltenham, south-west England mostly working with peas and potatoes and using heritage varieties for their diverse genepool.
Age: 18th century
Revived by the Heritage Seed Library from four seeds donated by a lady in Kent in 1978.
Pros: gorgeous flower colour, gorgeous scent, excellent blackfly resistance, lovely flavour
Cons: none that I noticed
This has to be my favourite broad bean ever … the old and un-named red-flowered or crimson-flowered variety. I love it. The flowers are the most beautiful colour and glow in the sunlight.
Clearly others love it too because it’s had a surge of popularity in recent years. Brought back from the edge of extinction by the Heritage Seed Library, it has found its way into a few seed catalogues on both sides of the Atlantic. There are still only a handful of suppliers selling it but it’s been busily doing the rounds at seed swaps, so it’s not too difficult to find these days.
Very simple descriptive names like “Crimson-flowered” (“Early long purple”, “Tall white” etc) are often an indication of a variety’s age, because it wasn’t really until the Victorian era that romantic names like “Lazy Housewife” and “Egyptian Turnip-Rooted” became de rigeur. Red-flowered broad beans were described in seed lists in the late 18th century, and what we have today is either the same one or a close variant of it. This variety seems to have come close to dying out, until Miss Cutbush, an elderly lady from Kent, donated her last four seeds to the Heritage Seed Library in 1978. It had been grown by her market-gardener father, who was given the seeds during his childhood years a century earlier.
It’s a smaller and more dainty plant than a conventional broad bean and grows to about 3ft with three red-tinged stems which usually stay up without support, at least until the podding stage. Leaves are a bright greyish green and fairly rounded. The pods are small and grow almost vertically, and the beans are pale green and about two-thirds the size of a modern type.
But they are very abundant, so yields are good overall. And the flavour and texture are fantastic. It has a slight firmness and mealiness in the texture which you wouldn’t find in most varieties today but it’s a nice kind of mealiness. And the flavour is sweet and lovely without any trace of bitterness. The beans cook to a nice bright green colour and only need to be lightly steamed.
The real wow-factor of this variety though is definitely its flowers. The crimson colour is so deep, voluptuous and translucent, and on spring days when the flowers are backlit by bright sunlight low on the horizon they can leave you staring at them for minutes on end in drop-jawed wonderment (they did me, anyway). And one of the unsung blessings of broad beans is that their flowers have a lovely scent.
Crimson-flowered has the most incredibly beautiful smell … and I speak as someone who finds a lot of flower scents headachey and nose-curdling. It’s just delicate and lovely, and it stops you in your tracks as you walk up the garden path. The bees love it too and I noticed they were chewing their way through the base of the flowers to get inside them.
Other than a bit of nibbling by bean or vine weevils, who give the leaves frilly edges by eating little notches all the way round, the plants seemed fairly resistant to everything, pest-wise. And most significantly, only mildly bothered by blackfly.
Blackfly is the ubiquitous and inevitable pest of broad beans. For those who don’t use sprays, the end of the broad bean season is often brought about when the plants (and pods) are so encrusted with solid black you can’t even get hold of them to harvest them any more. So when I first grew this variety in 2005 and found it was completely untroubled by blackfly until the last week or two of the season, I was quite excited. I grew it again in 2006 and the same thing happened … no blackfly at all until very late, and even then just a smattering (though there was some variation in infestation between plants … I saved seed from the ones which stayed cleanest, which also happened to be the reddest-flowered).
As far as I’m concerned, this alone makes it priceless in the garden. I’ve lost so many broad bean crops to blackfly, which are quite disgusting things when they build up to critical mass, and the usual organic methods (pinching the tips and hosing the blackfly off) have limited impact. So to find a variety that just gets on and grows untroubled, looking immaculate right up until harvest time, is quite a coup.
The ‘proper’ colour for the flowers is a deep wine red with darker burgundy underneath, which fade slightly with age to a deep carmine. There was a lot of variability in the seed stock I used, which was probably the result of an accidental cross. In 2005 I grew six, and no two were the same. Colours, markings and combinations varied from pale pink, dark cerise, burgundy red, charcoal grey with a pink flush, or pale pink and black bi-coloured. It’s probably cross-pollinated with a ‘normal’ black and white flowered bean. Broad beans do cross very readily so it would be no surprise if an open-pollinated variety like this had picked up a few stray genes from a neighbouring crop. It’ll probably do it some good, too.
They were all gorgeous, but I saved seed from the deepest red ones separately and it became true-breeding again in just a couple of years.
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Re: Registration thread: version 2.0
by thatguyvex » Sun Mar 14, 2010 8:05 am
((Well, here's goes round one I guess. ))
Name: Ash’Kir'lin Ist’Aven Val’Sullisin’rune
Race: Drowolath
Weapons - Kir'lin's standard weaponry consists of an longsword and parrying dagger. Both are well crafted and made of high quality steel and have matching silver cross-guards with engraved wave patterns. She also carries a backup curved dagger.
Armor and Clothing - Her armor consists of well fitted gold enameled steel gauntlet, arm guards, and shoulder guards that are designed to fit closely without any ostentatious sticking out bits. She wears a white reinforced silk shirt and leg guards underneath her normal clothing and armor. Her usual method of dress alters on a day to day basis but she does favor a particular sleeveless long coat of a dark blue color with silver embroidery along the hem of ivy leaves. She favors halter-necks that leave her midriff exposed and leggings, usually both of lighter blue shades than her coat. She also likes efficiently made knee high leather boots over other footwear of the kind that lace up the front. She usually eschews headgear but will occasionally wear hair-pins in situations where she feels like it.
Other Items of Note - She always carries a little spending coin on her though usually only around fifty ada at any given time. She has little need for trinkets but has a fondness for fine wines and carries a small flask for whatever drink she favors at the time. Due to her love of books but the injury that leaves her blind she also carries a specially made Golem in the shape of a small (about palm sized) scarab. The Golem is designed to scan words when placed upon a page and then lets off a series of chiming notes which is a code Kir'lin has designed herself which she understands and can translate into proper words.
Empathy - Kir'lin possesses the talent for Empathy and has undergone sufficient training to control it at an intermediate level.
Mana Use - Skilled in all basic uses, focused in aura vision.
Beginning city: Chel'el'sussoloth
Clan: Val’Sullisin’rune, sub-house Ist'Aven
Background: Ash'Kirlin was born the sixth daughter of De'vess Ash’Irae Ist'Aven Val'Sullisin’rune, sired by one of the De'vess' personal guard. Her initial formative years were spent being tutored by her most immediate elder sister Ash'Juli wherein Kirlin was indoctrinated with the same fanatical loyalty and love of the Val'Sullisin'rune that pervades House Ist'Aven. She proved an apt and eager student and in those early years developed a potent fondness for books of any sort, absorbing words like a sponge regardless of their source whether they be fanciful tales or dry historical accounts. Her love of words even prompted her even in these early years to try her hand at writing and could often be found between lessons scribbling one odd story or another down in a notebook she began to always keep with her. She got on well with her siblings though her tendency to spend more time with books than people kept her from forming any extremely close ties during this time. She did revere her mother though and fully embraced the Ist'Aven ideal of self improvement put all her efforts towards improving herself and becoming an asset to her Clan. She manifested her talent for Empathy early on at around age eight, where she first began to feel the emotions of those around her. This was not unexpected as the power is inherent in the bloodline and she was given initial training to begin controlling her Empathy before she was sent away to Orthorbbae at the age of ten.
Though her early training and extensive reading up to that point had prepared her somewhat for living outside the Clan there was obviously a number of new experiences awaiting her at Orthorbbae. Ist'Aven's close knit nature meant that she'd become very comfortable with the emotional state of the people around her, but in Orthorbbae there were countless individuals all creating a storm of differing emotions. While trained somewhat to handle this it was still a heavy weight that pressed on her at all times, the ocean of emotion she now had to swim in. She also had to deal with the many different young females of differing Clans that held beliefs and ideals that had little to do with House Ist'Aven's worship of the Val'Sulisin'rune Clan and it was here in Orthorbbae that Kirlin learned about the nature of anger, pride, love, loyalty, and violence.
While she met and had dealings with many people in Orthorbbae there were several that stood out.
The one who would be her closest friend in the school was a girl from another Sullisin'rune subhouse named Tiviae Al'tew. The Al'tew's were a exceedingly small sub-house that almost exclusively produced expert bodyguards that served the Sullisin'rune. Not quite as fanatical as the Ist'Aven but still very loyal, Viviae was a typical member of her house; proud, intense, and more than a little sensual (Sullisin'rune bodyguards do more than just guard the body). Kir'lin hit it off well with Tiviae and the two quickly became attached at the hip, one rarely seen without the other. Kir'lin's love of books often amused Tiviae and it wasn't an uncommon scene for Kir'lin to lounge and read while Tiviae practiced her own passion, the art of swordplay. Much of Kir'lin's own combat training was a result of studying with Tiviae, and the two tended to help each other with their lessons, Kir'lin helping Tiviae with written work, and Tiviae with Kir'lin's combat skills.
Between the two they made friends with an older but much shyer girl from the Nal'Sarkoth Clan named Cemri. Cemri was a mousy sort but quite capable of surprisingly fierce emotions when it came to talking politics. She was being groomed to be an ambassador of her Clan and even at a young age seemed to know more about the inter-relations of Chel'el'sussoloth's Clans than Kir'lin and Tiviae did combined. Their friendship was heavily based on Cemri's admiration for Sullisin'rune political savvy and Kir'lin found she enjoyed the Nal'Sarkoth's girl's powerful emotions, which she often kept hidden and subdued but when let out where like beautiful bursts of fireworks to the Empath's senses.
The last of the quartet of friends was an unusual one, an older Ill'hardro girl named Roux'vianna. Atypical of her Clan Roux was quite insular and less than social, tending to sit by herself and avoid contact with others. This was seen as a challenge by two highly social Sullisin'rune oriented girls like Kir'lin and Tiviae, who went out of their way to 'socialize' with Roux. They say socialize, Roux called it 'incessant harasment'. However over time, whether she seemed to like it or not, Roux'vianna was roped into the circle of friends and even reluctantly appeared to enjoy the company over time, though never willing to admit to such out loud. Roux's only real interest seemed to be the study of military affairs, an odd thing for an Ill'hardro, but this meant she got along best with the militant minded Tiviae, while Kir'lin was often the one to joke that Roux's real passion was the "art of being grouchy".
Kir'lin established this circle of friends within her first year at Orthorbbae, which passed fairly smooth and was one of the best years of her life, with countless new experiences and things to learn. However in her second year things became much rougher as a result of meeting two particular people.
The first was Deikorvi Nal'Sarkoth, who was very much the opposite of her older sister Cemri. Loud, boisterous, and very vindictive. Overly protective, as well, of Cemri, which may have been her saving grace. Kir'lin and Deikorvi might have come to serious blows with each other if not for mutual love of Cemri, but Deikorvi was very patriotic of her own Clan and could not stand argument that any other Clan held greater promise than the Nal'Sarkoth. Obviously this meant conflict with an Ist'Aven. They competed with each other at every opportunity, whether it be art, math tests, practice at swords, or mana arts. Kir'lin could not say she hated Deikorvi, but her earliest experiences with the emotions of anger and pride were a result of her constant competing with the unrelenting and passionate Nal'Sarkoth girl.
It was one of her more loud and intense arguments with Deikorvi over the various virtues of the Sullisin'rune Clan that triggered her meeting with her second, and much worse opponent; Uvwethi Hol'drak Vel'Sharen. The Hol'drak sub-house was little more than a house specifically geared towards being propaganda agents of the Sharen Clan. Kir'lin and Deikorvi's argument over the Sullisin'rune attracted Uvwethi's attention, and with her entourage challenged both girls to deny the superiority of the Sharen. The resulting argument might have degenerated into violence then and there if not for the presence of several teachers.
However this was the spark that started a year long conflict between Uvwethi's circle of friends and Kir'lin's. At first it was simple things like arguing and insults in the hallways and little mostly harmless pranks, almost innocent, almost fun. But things quickly became far more severe when Uvwethi and her crowd managed to corner Roux by herself one night between trips to the lavatory where they held the young Ill'hardro down and broke several of her fingers as a 'warning' to her friends. This prompted an almost immediate retaliatory strike by Kir'lin and Tiviae where they dragged Uvwethi out of bed in the middle of the night and beat the Hol'drak girl, not so badly that it would cause interference from the school faculty, but enough to satisfy their need for vengeance.
But that did nothing but escalate the matter and ultimately lead to the most life changing event of Kir'lin's life.
In retaliation for the beating Uvwethi set out to target another of Kir'lin's friends, this time Cemri. By now Kir'lin had come to insist that she and her friends always walk about at least in pairs and share rooms with one another as often as possible. This applied even to bathing, and it was during one evening where Kir'lin and Cemri were sharing a bath that Uvwethi and her troupe struck. Anger had driven Uvwethi to care little for the consequences of breaking school rules and the beating Kir'lin and Cemri received was severe. Over the next few weeks while Kir'lin and Cemri were recovering there was no real punishment bestowed on Uvwethi or her crowd, as neither girl had been killed. However Deikorvi, enraged by her sister's injuries, set aside her differences with Kir'lin and joined in the goal of dealing with Uvwethi. The final confrontation occurred a few days after Kir'lin had recovered from her injuries though Cemri was still bedridden.
Kir'lin, Tiviae, Roux'vianna, and Deikorvi lured Uvwethi and her compatriots down to one of the training rooms in the night, using Roux as bait walking about by herself to draw Uvwethi in. In that room the four girls confronted Uvwethi and five of her own group. Few words were exchanged and it was not long before a desperate brawl broke out. Somewhere amid all the throwing of punches and small blasts of mana Uvwethi and Tiviae had squared off and were fighting each other one on one. Kir'lin, having gotten atop her own opponent and in the full process of choking her into unconciousness looked up in time to see Uvwethi pull a dagger from her sleeve and stab Tiviae in the gut. Tiviae went down. Kir'lin completely lost control of her emotions and went at Uvwethi like a wild animal. She slammed Uvwethi bodily against the wall but for her trouble was slashed across her face, right across her eyes. Despite unbelievable pain and sudden blindness she kept slamming Uvwethi into the wall until the other girl stopped moving. By then Deikorvi and Roux had managed to fend off the remaining rabble and between the two Kir'lin and Tiviae were carried from the room and to the infirmary.
The fallout of the fight was muffled by the fact that despite Tiviae being stabbed and Uvwethi receiving severe head trauma, neither girl died. The severity of the fight still warranted punishment but Kir'lin spared her friends the worst of it by accepting responsibility for the fight, claiming that ambushing Uvwethi was her idea and that she'd simply used a bit of Empathy to cajole her friends into going along with the plan. While one of the school teacher's own Empathy was able to restore Kir'lin's eyes to their proper shape, sight was lost to her and she remained blind. The entire following year she had to perform numerous additional physical labors at the behest of the faculty as punishment, a light sentence given the circumstances. Uvwethi was no longer a problem as the incident caused her family to retrieve her from Orthorbbae, for reasons Kir'lin could not guess.
Compared to those first two years the rest of her time at Orthorbbae was fairly uneventful. Few people dared to cause her or her own much trouble due to the incident with Uvwethi. Kir'lin herself had to adjust to the sudden issue of being blind and while her family suggested she return from Orthorbbae as well to continue her training at home where she might receive daily treatment to possibly heal her eyes she wished to remain with her friends and requested to remain at Orthorbbae to finish her schooling there.
Her blindness caused a deep rift in her, the condition being a weakness she began doing all she could to overcome. She could no longer read under conventional means, and had to rely on a specially made Golem to read information from books for her. She had to work three times as hard at her combat training in order to keep up with even new girl's in their first year. She focused her energy on developing her control over her Empathy further to better sense people, and learn acute aura vision to help her 'see' people if not things.
She received plenty of support from her friends but her condition had put something of a chip on her shoulder and as often as not would refuse help. While Cemri and Roux'vianna seemed content enough to give Kir'lin her space when she obviously wanted it, Tiviae was far more persistent in her insisting to help Kir'lin in her training; something which occasionally caused the two to get into heated arguments though they never remained angry with each other for more than a few days. Deikorvi's help in dealing with Uvwethi didn't do much to soften the completive spark between her and Kir'lin either, and Deikorvi's vindictive nature had also worsened because a part of her still blamed Kir'lin for not being able to protect Cemri the night of the beating. The settled their differences in their last year at the school with one final duel that ended in a hard fought draw, but still seemed to satisfy their wants, perhaps finally confirming in each other the worth of each other as rivals and cementing a kernel of respect for one another.
When Kir'lin finally graduated and returned to her home it was with mixed feelings. She was proud to be able to return home and adult and begin her service to her House. She was also anxious and ashamed of her blindness and how it might affect her standing and performance. As it happened, she was surprised when her mother accepted her home as if nothing was amiss. Indeed it seemed Ash'Irae was proud of her daughter's graduation despite the handicap and was every inch willing to take action to seek a way to heal Kir'lin's eyes. Kir'lin, though heart warmed, had almost come to see her blindness as her personal life challenge. She, in her remaining years at Orthorbbae, had worked harder than she ever had before losing her sight, and that effort had allowed her to gain in strength she didn't think she could have managed otherwise. Which wasn't to say she wasn't sensitive about her blindness. In fact she had a rather sizeable chip on her shoulder about the matter, but that odd wounded pride prevented her from accepted the idea of healing her eyes as much as it kept her pridefully striving to overcome the weakness.
While she did not tell her mother specifically not to look for a way to even partially heal her blindness she made it clear that she didn't think of it as a 'weakness' and would willingly challenge anyone to try to prove her wrong. It was with this attitude that Ash'Kir'lin began her service to Ist'Aven with the kind of abandon that even those among a House so fanatical in nature already had to admire. She trained daily in the art of the sword and combative use of mana, taking breaks rarely and then usually only for food or sleep. She might have continued doing such for years if not for both her mother and elder sister Ash'Juli's interference. The two practically conspired to ensure Kir'lin was given a social life despite her apparent desire to do little but train. She didn't refuse the offers to spend time at social gatherings or accept the obvious intent when particularly attractive males and/or females were sent by her mother to 'assist' her in training, but Kir'lin did so only with a reluctancy to abandon her constant striving to developing her abilities as a warrior. Inwardly she still thought of herself as weak and it was hard not to. Despite her grueling training her blindness was an undeniable handicap that prevented her from achieving the level of skill her other family members were capable of. She was competent with a blade, no one could doubt that, but even with the aid of Empathy and Aura Vision to sense her opponent Kir'lin was rarely able to hold out against another warrior of her family for more than a few minutes.
Over the following decades she did take some time to keep in touch with her friends from Orthorbbae, though as she gained in skill her duties in serving House Ist'Aven alongside her training tended to keep her too busy to do much more then send letters. Tiviae, being of a sub-house of the Sullisin'rune Clan as well was easiest to keep close to and at least once a month the two would arrange to meet and train together. The two had formed a close bond and Tiviae was perhaps the only regular lover Kir'lin has ever had. Tiviae for her part wast serving as a bodyguard to a Sullisin'rune merchant family now and had begun her own family, having a daughter by one of the family's sons.
Cemri and Deikorvi were both working amongst their own Clan, Cemri as an aide to one of the field ambassadors, and Deikorvi as a member of the Clans fortress guard. Kir'lin was only ever able to arrange one meeting with the two again in the years before the present time, as conflicting schedules and the often far flung nature of Nal'Sarkoth relations made it nearly impossible to do more than exchange letters.
Roux'vianna had gone to distant Val'Raveran but Kir'lin heard no more details then that. What few letters were exchanged were clipped and short, Roux seeming to either be returning to her anti-social nature or intentially keeping details of her work and life private for reasons unknown to Kir'lin.
As time wore on Kir'lin, while still heavily focused on maintaining her regular training schedule and trying not to get too distracted by social affairs has begun to indulge herself once more in a goal she'd all but forgotten before being blinding, that of being the passion of writing. Though unable to read she's become quite used to using her reading Golem to have books read to her and rekindled a passion for writing. She, very much in secret, began toying around with writing various fictional stories. Despite her many precautions from keeping this fact from getting it the Ist'Aven's are a tight knit Clan and nothing remains secret for long. So it wasn't a particularly lengthy span of time before Juli found out, and before long Kir'lin had all manner of family members poking at her about her "noveling". Kir'lin thus far has managed to keep too many nosy brothers or sisters from getting into her cache of writings but she was defenseless against her mother's interest and hence Ash'Irae is the only one thus far that's been allowed to read any of Kir'lin's work.
Her service to her Clan has mostly consisted over the past decade of performing escort tasks for members of the House or associates of the House that have business about the city, which generally always requires some protection due to its volatile nature. She's also been entrusted with assisting one of her older brothers with handling the Clan's coin-keeping, having shown a talent for numbers. However she has yet to be truly tested or taxed in any particular task. The main reason for that is because House Ist'Aven keeps is strength mostly hidden and has had little reason to partake of any kind of action that would require Kir'lin to use her talents as a warrior. She is overeager to be able to test herself, however. She has felt a growing need now that she is older to prove her skills and show that her blindness is not a weakness. While she has grown used to the condition she is still very sensitive about it and bizarrely prideful of her skills, such as they are. Most of her family is aware of how angry she can get if it is even suggested or implied that her blindness is a disability.
As of her fifty third year, the present day, she remains as ever focused primarily on her daily training of her body, Empathy, aura vision, and combat skills so that when her House calls upon her to perform a worthy task she will not fail due to her weakness. She's less rough around the edges than she was when she first returned from Orthorbbae and can be cajoled into dropping her training with some convincing and has grown close enough to her sister Ash'Juli that she's even considered showing her sister her writings.
Description: (see Armor & Clothing for most common manner of dress) Kir'lin is a fairly tall drowolath at about 6' 2", athletic in build with broad shoulders. She isn't quite as curvy as others of her family, with actually rather understated breasts and a sort of square hip-line, but she has very long and well shaped legs (most of her 6' 2" comes from them). She also has strikingly long hair, passing her knees. She leaves it mostly white but dies her bangs and the length tips gold. Her eyes are dark blue with a inner edge of green, almond shaped, with only a hint of that glassy nature blindness tends to give. She has strong angled features, a sort of feminine handsomeness that isn't quite classical beauty but striking nonetheless.
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thatguyvex
by Sarcose » Wed Mar 17, 2010 3:02 am
Edit: post deleted.
(very well. It was not my intent to break the rules or convention. I will reread the posting rules better next time. My apologies)
Last edited by Sarcose on Wed Mar 17, 2010 3:59 am, edited 1 time in total.
Sarcose
Nether Spawn
Clan: Illhar'dro
by blackshade10 » Wed Mar 17, 2010 3:55 am
Sarcose wrote: Had to.
Abilities: Berserking is not an advantage. It causes someone to give in to their anger, making them attack in an either unpredictable but sloppy way or a enraged but simple way. Either way, any skilled fighter will find it laughably easy to parry, deflect, and beat such a person. There is a reason that people taunt others in a fight. Berserking does not make you immune to pain or damage. Furthermore, controlling your rage, or your anger, means to not succumb to it. Please avoid Berserking in future characters.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berserker#Theories
Historically inaccurate assessment of the use of rage and anger in battle. Channeling it is an asset that allows for optimal adrenaline production in order to help to ignore pain and fuel strength output.
Do not post anything in the Registration thread besides character sheets. If you have objections to something it can be done in PM to Thalar only.
blackshade10
Dark Chibi Demon
Location: Ashie Cleavage, plotting war against those of the Zala cleavage.
Clan: Sullisin'rune
by voynich » Wed Mar 17, 2010 3:47 pm
Name: Daston Iminok
Race: Dwarf
-A heavy cloak made out of thick wool. The cloak shows signs of heavy use such as patches, tears and spots of dirt. The original colour might have been deep red, but all the days spent in dark caverns have left in encrusted in dirt and grime giving it greyish brown colour.
-A plain, brown burlap tunic.
-A cotton eye patch covering his right eye socket.
-Pair of burlap pants with leather reinforced knee pads and thick leather belt with simple iron buckle. The pants are dyed green.
-An iron chainmail that is worn over the tunic. Some of the links are clearly newer than others indicating that it has been repaired multiple times.
- A copper mask that covers Dastons whole face. It has eye holes in it and multiple dents in it. Daston wears the mask to protect him when using his explosives to mine, other times it hangs from his pack.
-Gloves and boots made from thick leather. The gloves show many scratches, most of which came from sharp rocks and flying shrapnel.
-A brown leather pack, hanging at Dastons side containing:
3 fist sized pouches of gunpowder. The pouches are made of waxed sack cloth.
3 copper casings where the pouches can fit. without them a exploding pouch would just produce cloud of smoke, as all the pressure escapes.
pieces of rope about 1 inch long, soaked in slow-burning tar like mixture to act as a fuse.
jar of sticky tar like substance. It is mainly used to secure the explosive on a wall.
flint and steel to ignite the fuse.
- A grey backpack.
- A iron pickaxe in a reinforced wood shaft. It seems like it has seen lot of use.
Magic: None, ofcourse.
Starting city: Raveran
Appearance: Daston is about 3 feet tall, sturdy dwarf. He has muscular arms from years of mining. He has no notable scars, but his right eye is missing. The remaining eye is dark grey, much like the colour of wet stone. Daston has somewhat short, about 4 inches, black beard which is usually full of rock dust and dirt. His coarse black hair resembles his beard, but is much shorter. Daston's skin is light grey, the colour of dry stone. He is usually covered in rock dust as he does not bother to clean when he is mining.
Back story: So you want to hear my story then? Well, I really don't remember my mom or dad. They were both slaves and I was sold soon after I was born, you see. I grew up doing what we dwarves do best, diging. I dug precious metals and gems for my owner for nearly twenty years. Then came the day I had been waiting for all my life. My owner came to me and said that I'm free. From what I heard my owner speaking it sems like he had lost a bet. Ofcourse I had no place to stay and owned only the clothes I was wearing. I drifted in the city of Raveran for a while sleeping on streets, doing some odd-jobs to keep myself fed. Probably would be there this day if I had not heard of the United Dwarven Mining expedition. They made these trips to the wild to mine it's resources and I was able to join one of them. Now that I think it is strange that they called it dwarven although there were no more than dozen or so of us dwarfs in it. There were lot of other minor races too, humans and orcs for example, none of the fae races thought. You can bet that us dwarfs were the best miner in the lot
Now I was used to mining in a safe mine, where all you had to fear was a cave in, but here they were the least of my concerns. We diggers were handed a iron pick and told which wall to start smashing. After we had made some nice cracks and and gouges to it the blasting teams were brought in.It was dangerous job. It was mainly us diggers that got hurt as the ones placing the charges had these breastplates and metal masks to protect themselves. And the explosions were not all, as you know the wild is filled with all kind of nasty creatures hungry for dwarf meat. Those damned Satiaised claimed many of us. At this point Daston stops and starts to muter himself. Driders! Thats what they were. Not those that you might see in town but the feral ones. I lost my eye to one of those, jumped me as I was sleeping. I was lucky that my pickaxe was at hand, other wise would had lost much more than a eye. We diggers quickly learned how to use our picks for more than just diging. If it can smash a rock wall, it can sure do nasty things to fleshy creatures, you see.
So after few years of dodging all kind of damned creatures and surviving from almost suicidal blasting teams I was able to join one myself. It was more secure as we spend most of the time near the well guarded gunpowder caravan. They also taught me the art of making explosives. Daston pats a pack hanging on his side . And that was the best job I ever had. Just waiting till the diging team gets their job done and bringing the wall down. That was my job for nearly fifteen years and I loved every one of them. By then I had been able to save enought for a small hovel in Raveran. So I left the expedition and started to do some private jobs. Going out to the wild to explore. Getting to know other dwarfs. That kind of stuff. I quickly got to know few dwarven raiders. They taught me far bit about surviving in the wild and fighting. Now to think it was a wonder that I hadn't got myself killed in there. Soon I was able to go deeper and deeper to wild in my trips to find precious gems. I did not take long for the raiders to ask me join them for a raid. But I knew that if I became a raider it would be just a mater of time before some warrior drow show up with the caravan. You see, they control this thing they like to call magic and it is powerfull stuff. I've yet to see a creature immune to it, not that I have searched one.
But that's my story, how I become who I am today. A lone miner trying to carve my living out of the earth. Now if you excuse me I have to prepare my next trip, the gunpowder does not make itself, you see.
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Nether Seed
by TrueDarkBlade » Wed Mar 17, 2010 9:11 pm
Name: Torgen Guldorf
A large dwarven cannon slung over his shoulder. The cannon menaces with spikes of iron on one side; the cannon is meant to be used as an impromptu mace if things go very wrong.
A large backpack filled with pouches of black powder and cannon balls.
A small pouch of mushrooms he likes to chew on from time to time.
Worn leather armor which hardly protects anything.
Magic: None
Beginning city: Raveran
At only four feet tall, Torgen is a muscular dwarf covered in scars from his arena days; his biggest scar is his missing left hand, which is now replaced by an iron hook. His leather armor is extremely light and hardly protects him at all; it is another relic from his arena days. He has pale grey skin; a long, thick beard; and short, brown hair, like many other dwarves.
When Torgen was a small boy, his father told him that one day, Torgen would be a great weapon smith who would craft many fine weapons to crush the drow and win back the Underworld. Fate had other plans as what one day seemed like idly exploring random caverns turned into the day he was kidnapped by drow. Torgen was bought by an arena manager who raised Torgen to do one thing and one thing only. Fight for his survival.
When Torgen finally achieved adulthood, he was placed in a match against a feral. He killed her with a swift blow to her head from a war hammer. After that match Torgen’s owner realized that he had made a good choice in buying Torgen as the crowd loved his savage brutality. The crowd would cheer him on as he fought goblin and beast alike. Torgen’s world had become a twenty meter circle filled with blood. As Torgen grew older he had gained a very wealthy fan who wished to use him as a body guard. Torgen’s current owner had no problem sell off the dwarf for a very, very nice profit.
Upon being received by his new drow mistress he was given a dwarven cannon, a meager weapon fitting of such a creature. However, his mistress added spikes on one end of the design, noting that the canon was better off as a bludgeoning weapon anyway. Torgen did not care so long as he had a cannon, something his father would have wanted; at least that is Torgen’s belief. It would soon come to pass that Torgen failed miserably at his job; his mistress was assassinated in the night. Upon finding the corpse of his mistress he ran. He knew he would be killed if it was discovered he had failed; his best option was escape.
Torgen now wanders the streets, looking for mercenary work to help feed himself. His food supply itself has dwindled down to but a bag of mushrooms. As he continues to wander the Underworld towns he can't help but think that mercenary work is too rare for these parts. He begins to dream of the forge and his father's hammer. Perhaps he will learn blacksmithing like is father wanted; that is, if he can make enough money to live off of it.
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by Halfwot » Wed Mar 17, 2010 9:20 pm
Name: Karken Stonehand
Magic: Nope.
Starting City: Val'Raveran
Appearance: A decently tall specimen for a dwarf Karken stands nearly 4 feet tall and is rather bulky in build, beard dyed black cover most of his face and hangs down nearly one feet below the chin. His large hands are suprisingly deft and clean for his race. He often dress in a coarse leather tunic over white shirt with simple brown leather leggings. A thick belt at the waist tightens the tunic and over the buckle his belly hangs out. Several pouches and tools hang from the belt containing all you need to set up a small engraving workshop anywhere.
20 ada
Small trading tent with furnace
Engraving tools of high quality
Simple smithing tools for soft metal objects
A handful of money
Half-eaten loaf of bread
Born the son of mining slaves Karken's first memory is of striking stone with a pick, and for years digging and mining was all the young boy knew. Separated from his parents at a young age he turned to using his hands when he was alone and had free time. He started making shapes in the stones he had cut out from the rock wall, soon becoming apt in the art of engraving. This little hobby of his would remain unnoticed for years until a noble drow artisan looking for high quality stone for her next work happened to come across one of his works. Seeing the potential in the young dwarf she bought the slave to act as her assistant for larger works.
For the next sixty years Karken's life would be dominated by art and stonework. His mistress was an amateur historian and fascinated by the old dwarven civlisations that had existed in the underworld before the drow arrived, and from her he learned a lot of his race's history and how to craft items in the old dwarven ways. Her fascination for the dwarven civilisation even went so far that she gave him a dwarven name, which she used far more often than his elven such, so much that by now he barely rembers his old name. However, dwarven style engravings were not the only thing he was to create, most of his mistress's comissions were of more traditional elven variation. He also learned the craft of masonry as his mistress was comissioned for architecture. He learned the basics of metalwork to produce belt buckles and other clothing details and jewelry.
Three years ago his mistress fell ill with an unknown disease. Her condition became rapidly worse until it became clear she would die soon. Gathering her slaves at her deathbed she granted them all freedom, knowing that her relatives would not treat them as well as she had. Set free with the clothes on his body and a set of tools granted by his mistress, Karken found himself alone in the city of Val'Raveran. He quickly went to work, however, taking up odd jobs with engraving and helping on construction sites. Soon he earned himself enough money to get a small stall in the outskirts of the Bazaar where he set up shop and sleeps. While he makes do business is not that good, the overwhelming majority of his customers are the commoners of the city, who often have more pressing concerns to attend to.
Timezone: CET
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Location: Furthermore, I think Carthage must be destroyed
Clan: Vloz'ress
by HavocHamster » Wed Mar 17, 2010 9:41 pm
Name: Denbo Feltbeard
- Forged Steel Axe
- Round Wooden Shield
- Steel Skull Cap with Nose Guard
- Crossbow of high quality manufacture
- Quarrel of 40 bolts
- Heavy dark green woolen cape
- Chainmail shirt
- Heavy leather trousers
- Steel toed leather boots
- Thick leather gloves
- Thick, wirey beard also affords additional protection for the chest and face regions
- Small hammer
- Pick ax
- Prybar
- Wrench
- Corkscrew
- Handsaw
- Handcart
- Heavy knife (for utility purposes)
- Mess kit (cup, bowl, utensils)
- Steel Tankard (Doubles as a weapon in a pinch)
- Jar of disinfectant herbal balm
- Although he doesn't carry it on him, he does have a stash of special chemical explosives for use in mining
Startan City: Vel Raveran
Clan: None as such
Noteworth Ability:
Denbo is an accomplished soldier, miner, architect, metalworker and brewer. While not particularily bright for a dwarf, he's been around for a long time and occassionally managed to pick up a talent or two.
Born over three centuries ago in the Dwarfen Fortress of Udon Thran, the first century of his life was actually quite unremarkable. He worked hard alongside his brothers and sisters in the coal mines below the fortress. He worked hard all day and only needed a stein of ale in the evening to make his life complete.
Then, as the story typically goes for dwarfs, Udon Thran came under attack by a large force of raiders from the Sarghress clan. Denbo was summoned along with every other able bodied dwarf in the fort to take up axe and shield against the invaders. The battle was long, and fierce, but as it always seems to be, dwarfen determination was no match for the inherent magic of the Drow. Those dwarfs that didn't fall in the defense of the fortress were dragged off in chains by the cruel Sarghress slavers.
Through some strange quirk of fate, Denbo was knocked unconcious during the battle and fell into the well at the center of the fort's courtyard. The Slavers merely assumed that he had died in the fall, but it seems they had underestimated dwarfen hardiness. It would take Denbo three long days to drag himself up the sheer walls of the well using only his bare hands. By then, the Slavers had already left, leaving behind only ruins and corpses. Denbo found himself for the first time in his hundred years of being alive.
Denbo spent a few days picking through the ruins. The slavers had been very thorough, carting off anything of value, but they had overlooked the odd jealously hidden stash of dwarven valuables. He managed to find himself some basic equipment and enough gold and jewels to fill a small burlap bag. He loaded all these into a small hand cart which had been left undamaged in the attack. Steeling himself, Denbo set forth from the ruins of his home.. heading to.. well.. he had no idea where..
Denbo drifted for close to two centuries after this. Sometimes fighting alongside Dwarfen insurgents against drow caravans, and then even spending a time on the surface doing mercenary work for human lords. In his lifetime, he killed more fae and goblins than he could ever hope to count. He faced horrors unimaginable by most, and felled even mighty dragons and daemons with his trusty axe. However, it seemed that no matter how hard he fought, how hard he tried, nothing could fill the emptiness within his heart. Even as he continued to fight, he saw his people crushed further and further under the iron bootheel of the Drow Tyrants. It seemed no matter how hard they fought, the drow could always simply do away with any stubborn dwarf fighter with but a gesture and a small expenditure of their accursed mana. No matter how hard he fought and protested against the heavens, it seemed that the drow would win. Soon every free thinking being would be their slaves, and if they resisted, they would be dead.
Now embittered by life, Denbo continually finds escape at the bottom of an ale stein. Recently he arrived in the city of Val'Raveran in hopes of seeing more of his kind again.
Denbo appears to be a typical dwarf in most regards. Although he is getting on in years, he's as spry as he ever was. His beard now reaches past his knees and entire body is bulging with thick cordlike muscle and sinew. His hair is now a whitish grey and his face is covered in deep wrinkles. For all intents, he seems like a dwarf who has lived a long and hard life.
Timezone: Pacific
HavocHamster
Location: The Frozen Sea of Stars
by Japuje » Wed Mar 17, 2010 10:16 pm
Name: Magrum Ukmok
Miscellaneus:
-a muddy, white linen shirt with small patches of faint color on it, most probably the remnants of meals, mushrooms and things I dare not even guess
-loose pants made out of burlap
-a pair of sturdy leather boots
-a leather belt which is notable because it has a copper belt buckle with a mushroom carved on it
*Attached to his belt are several pouches which usually contains mushroom spawn, seeds and other agriculture-related items
-a large cap made of wool which has long since lost its natural color because he often uses it to store things, most often mushrooms and the like, for unspecified amounts of time
-assorted tools related to agriculture, most notably a shovel, a rake and a rather low-quality pickaxe he needs to fix now and then (he does not carry these on his person)
-a fairly large backpack which he uses to haul things from place to place
-a clean set of linen clothing he uses when he needs to make a good impression, often with bad results
-rope
-burlap sacks
-flint and tinder
-a hovel made out of irregular stones and a small farm which usually provides for him.
-just some cheap leather armor which he usually leaves at his hovel
Weaponry:
-a small handaxe he carries either on his waist or in his backpack
(He doesn't really own anything of value, except his farm)
Magic: None, since he is a dwarf
Magrum was born to two unremarkable slaves. He spent his childhood at a large, drow-owned farm with many other slaves. His parents worked on the fields as farmers and foragers, and he grew up helping his parents with their daily chores, learning while working. He had already taken an unusual liking to growing things, and while he hated to work, he loved to see the crops grow, atleast until he realized that he wouldn't get his hands on them. But the main point is, he developed a keen interest in farming and growing.
Eventually, when he was around 15 years old, he was sold to another farm, never to see his parents again. There he started on the bottom, hauling things around, gathering crops, that sort of thing. Eventually as his skills grew, he got better and better assignments, until his mistress gave him the task of supervising the other slaves who worked on the same farm plot. Of course he had no real power over anything, but his farming skills showed off, and the arrangement was beneficial to his mistress, since he was able to teach the other slaves a thing or two, increasing profits. After gaining the status as a talented farmer he quickly gained value in the eyes of the drow. In this position he learned an assortment of skills, including reading and writing.
When he was a 26-year-old lad, something rather peculiar happened. One of the drow, maybe after taking a liking to the skilled dwarf, or gnome as they are called, led him outside of the settlement, gave him some supplies and pointed him at Val'Raveran. He eventually made it, against most odd and began his life anew, got a job as a farmboy and eventually got a small farm of his own in the outskirts of the city. He doesn't lead a rich life, but atleast he leads a free life now, and that is the way he enjoys it.
Magrum is a bit taller than most dwarves, but also a bit less broad-shouldered. He is fairly strong because he has lived a life of manual labor.
He has gray skin and a coarse, short beard which seems either brownish and has been colored by gray dust, or gray and colored by dirt, this is in fact the natural color of his hair. Magrum tends to keep his hair rather short.
He dresses in simple clothing which doesn't really stand out. He has no noticeable scars, but there are some small ones on his back.
Japuje
Tik'tikki
by blargargarg » Wed Mar 17, 2010 10:51 pm
Race: Orc
Age: 26 (or the Orc equivalent)
Magic: None whatsoever
Appearance: A six-foot-eight, rather lanky orc with pale-blonde hair and a wide, cheery grin. Tends to wear a worn brown cap on his head.
- Slightly bent steel axe
- Low-quality secondhand leather jerkin
- heavy padded gloves
- woolen cap
- worn leather backpack
- Shoddy short bow
- Quiver of forty arrows
- rusted short sword
- flask
- several cooking pots (including one several-gallon stew pot) and a number of cheap wooden bowls and utensils
- three somewhat dented tankards, six wineskins (filled with cheap wine), and a barrel of low-quality beer
- various foodstuffs (usually from animals common to the particular area he's in at the time)
- flint and steel
- sign, reading "Andy's Edible Foodstuffs"
- frayed red blanket
- one rather poorly patched red tent
Andre (or Andy, as he is now known) was born to Gorbash Tribe, a band of nomadic woodland orcs known for terrorizing one of the larger trade routes between a few of the existing human nations. While this band was never known for being particularly successful, it was known for its tenacity; over the course of its existence, the clan survived several failed raids on passing caravans, as well as three separate attempts on the part of the local kingdoms to wipe them out with military action, five attacks from rival orc clans, and one major forest fire. Local legend had it that the tribes leader, Gorbash Redhair, was nigh-invincible, and said to have been given powers by horrible creatures from beyond, so that none but the purest of the pure could kill him.
All that changed approximately thirteen years ago, when a Drow patrol, responding to the tribe's assault on a passing slave caravan, came down on Gorbash Tribe's woodland stronghold, and wiped it out almost to a man. Those that survived sword and sorcery were quickly put in chains, and added to the caravan's cargo to replace the losses the tribe had inflicted. Andy and his parents were among those taken.
After being hauled into the underground, young Andy was put to work as a kitchen boy, peeling potatoes and hauling heavy objects for the actual (read: drow) chefs. Most of his time was occupied with slaughtering various animals for the day's meals, or cleaning dishes en masse for the more lazy or higher rank kitchen slaves, though, being a surprisingly enterprising young orc, he managed to (on occasion) find time to study the various labels, menus, and recipes that passed through the kitchen. When this was discovered, a few of the lazier kitchen slaves realized the advantage this had (as he could now tell the difference between the flour bags and the salt bags), and encouraged it, teaching him basic recipes, vocabulary, and even a little on how to "write good."
Approximately three years ago, the house Andy worked in suffered a massive military catastrophe, leaving most of its leaders dead or exiled, and its holdings as easy pickings for other, larger clans. While most of the important bits were secured quickly and efficiently by local major powers, the kitchen staff, being entirely unimportant (even to the new owners of the fortress) were completely forgotten. Most of them begged for positions in the new household, or were grabbed and re-enslaved by the chief chefs, most of whom were actual drow citizens. Andy, however, grabbed a cart and a few iron pots, and scampered.
Since then, he's worked as something of a "innkeeper on the go," selling cheap alcohol and bad food to patrons in the shadier districts of the city, and keeping as far as possible from the local authorities. He describes his food as "edible." Not everyone agrees.
blargargarg
by TheTatteredKing » Thu Mar 18, 2010 12:10 am
Name: Fal'ruthiel
Race: Light Elf
Tattered robes
Tall heavy duty laced boots
Blood stained apron
Satchel containing medical supplies, anti venom, bandages, thread and needle, splints, scissors, saw
A coffin containing the preserved remains of a dearly departed (she tries to stay rooted to one place so she doesn't have to lug it around)
Magic: Untrained Empathy. She has some training towards healing but is a jack of all trades master of none. Most commonly she uses it to assist in her medical practice, to determine symptoms beyond the ability of the patient to explain, but all her uses are instinctual and clumsy.
Beginning city: Val'Raveran
Clan: None
Fal'ruthiel was born in the last city of the Light Elves. She never knew of a world outside her family, her classes, and her best friend, Tel'alth. Her mother was a skilled healer and she showed promise for carrying on the family trade. Fal'ruthiel enjoyed medical work and the relief and joy she felt from others when they were cured.
After acing an important test set by her healing tutor she rushed to Tel'alth's home to pass on the good news and celebrate. Fal'ruthiel was distraught to discover that there had been an accident and Tel'alth was mortally injured. She tried to apply her lessons and cure her friend but that day she learned the most important lesson for her craft, that not all ailments can be cured. She did not take the lesson well. A grief stricken wreck, Fal'ruthiel could not focus on her lessons or anything else save for an obsessive search for a way to cure death. Her parents believed she was just coping poorly with the tragedy and that she would abandon her fool's errand soon enough. However, when she robbed Tel'alth's grave and spirited away the body enough was enough and it was not up to her parents to deal with this issue.
Fal'ruthiel was exiled for her outrageous behavior. After much effort she managed to get to where she hid Tel'alth's body and escaped the city with it before the official ritual of exile was preformed. However because of this she was only able to take her own medical supplies with her instead of being supplied with the necessities an exiled are provided to last the first few days. She struggled to get by, using her medical skill to obtain shelter and rest when she could. Eventually she heard of cities underground ruled by fae, manipulators of mana. She traveled to these lands in hopes that there were powerful magical practitioners that could discover the cure for Tel'alth.
Description: Fal'ruthiel attempts to cover her light skin with her garbs to blend in better. She is very short for her age so could be easily confused for someone young instead of the morose adult she is. Her stance is often introverted, as well as hunched due to the weight often on her back.
Time Zone/Activity: EST
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Location: Carcosa
by Paladin Tim » Thu Mar 18, 2010 12:46 am
Hello everyone! I hope it's not too bad an idea to start with a non-Fae character, although it seems I'm not the only one.
Name: Gruugar Bugcrusher (also responds, noticeably, to "Hey, ugly!")
Equipment: Flanged mace (after all, it doesn't need much sharpening or care to use, and does a fine job versus thick shells), rounded and angled shield, slightly scruffy platemail. All three are of common quality, although thick and heavy to fit with his strong frame. Also, a sharp-tipped pick intended to spear through chitin. Also carries a bag of edible fungus, a canteen, various small food items, a little knife for eating, a big knife for butchering, crushable poison pills suitable for killing insects and rats, flint and steel, a few sticks of fuel for a fire. For clothing, a simple gambeson he wears like a tunic, trousers, thick hob-nailed iron-shod boots, heat-and-corrosion resistant gloves. Compact but powerful crossbow, with thirty bolts.
Skills: Exceptionally skilled at melee combat, due to a combination of sheer experience, twitchy reflexes, and brutish strength. He has very little style, though he has gained a degree of respect for his combat skills among other Orcs. Can whistle, with almost perfect pitch, any song he's heard a few times before. Decent with a crossbow or other easy-to-use ranged weapons, especially against a moving target. Reasonably good at any task that involves lifting a heavy load, obviously, or doing monotonous physical tasks for hours on end.
Magic: None, obviously.
Clan: None, works for whoever pays.
Background: Some heroes gain renown from killing monsters, others enjoy a far less heroic (and glamorous) career in the extermination business, doing the same thing for less pay. Gruugar is an exterminator because his father was an exterminator, killing the creatures that infest fungal farms, mushroom beer distilleries, culture pools, and other such areas. From the earliest time he can remember, Gruugar was following along behind his father, swinging a hammer, crushing shells, tossing the corpses into a little bin strapped to his back for dinner. He never met his mother, and his father didn't seem to remember much about her either. It would be a joke to describe an Orc woman as beautiful, and Gruugar's father never tried. When asked, he'd simply grunt that she was "strong" and "from a tribe." Years later, Gruugar learned that most Orcs were nomads, and a desire...unacted on, perhaps until now...to see a place different than the world he knew filled him. When the boy asked his father about the fate of his mother, he was occasionally answered with nothing but a cuff behind his ears. Other times, usually when he'd had more of the cheap liquor he favored, he would receive a vague answer about leaving to travel, or more commonly that she wasn't alive anymore.
Gruugar's education in how to swing a heavy object, and break things with it, was well underway by this point. His father took it a step further, not just by sparring with fists and clubs wrapped in rags, but by gradually increasing the responsibility he was allowed during their workdays. Sometimes, he let him set the bait...poisoned rats, bits of meat, spoiled food. Sometimes he let him wait and use a heavy, spiked club to deliver the final blow.
He has never known the surface, while his father was a free Orc, that didn't mean they had money or the potential to do much besides exterminating pests. They always ate well, at least, on gigantic mutated critters of all sorts, creepy-crawlers of every description. While it didn't always taste good, at least it gave him the protein a growing child needed. After his father was devoured by a giant centipede-like creature during his teenage years, a creature maddened by the toxic leaving of various Drow alchemical experiments, Gruugar took over the family business, and has been swinging a mace or a pick through fur, scales, and chitin ever since. He doesn't blame anyone or anything for the accident, it was simply a hazard of the profession.
He also works wherever else a strong arm and back is needed, lifting objects, cutting trees and mushrooms, even doing occasional stints as a miner. Most of his income goes to buying his equipment, as his father's example has taught him that eating what you can catch instead of what you can buy is a small price to pay for a set of thick armor between one's skin and gnashing, hideous mandibles. The loss of his father also inspired him to train, constantly, for combat. If he isn't doing some sort of work, eating, sleeping, or drinking, odds are he is fighting someone or practicing.
If Gruugar has one wish, it is to do something with his life. He is aware of his talents, and limitations, but nonetheless wants greatly to take part in building or helping to form something important. Perhaps a warband or a mercenary troupe, although he has had such dreams for years, and is still working as an exterminator.
Description: Gruugar Bugcrusher is big and ugly even by orc standards, standing nearly eight feet tall, though poor posture and a tendency to hunch over make him seem shorter. He resembles almost a knot of solid, twisted muscle, with deep, ugly scars all over him, even crisscrossing his face. His skin is a mottled yellowish-green, his fingers darker from the residue of the poison pills he uses to kill smaller pests and weaken larger ones. His hair is prematurely grey, although still in his prime, standing up in a shaggy mane around his head, with thick muttonchops and a scraggly, unkempt beard. He has a disconcerting habit of eating virtually anything organic, remotely edible, and not-too-poisonous. So far, he has never eaten anyone's treasured pet Tiktikki or spider, but he makes a point of devouring a rat or two before meeting people, in case they do bring their pets. One of his ears looks as though something took several small bites out of it once, and he regularly scratches it when nervous. He only realized how obvious this habit was after he carefully considered how 'unlucky' he was at gambling.
Time Zone: Eastern Time (Eastern USA)
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by Wirewolf » Thu Mar 18, 2010 12:57 am
Name: Malakai Armstrong
Appearance: A Dorf roughly three foot five, a thick red beard that he has to place in his belt. This Dwarf is bedecked in homemade iron mail and wears rough leather with the edges stitched with wolf pelt. His arm bears a simple bronze torq written in faint runic script. His helmet is traditional dwarven headgear and provides good protection from both weapons and falling rocks also his wears a gorget around his neck. This is a very burly Dwarf due to his time spent as a blacksmith and prospector. A black tatoo crosses his brow. Greatly resembling a ring of stonework.
Smithing Tools
Portable Anvil
Spare change of clothes
Travelling Pack
Bedroll
Heavy Hammer (Doubles as a weapon as well as forging tool.)
Bearded Axe
Mess Kit
Small bag of medical supplies
Note Worthy Abilty: A master blacksmith with years of expiernce (Not to mention some Gods gifted skill.) He's also a good prospector as he scrounges for just the right materials. He's also a competant warrior and explorer and has wandered the underways for decades.
Born to a small Dwarven town in the depths of the Underways Malakai's family were noted and highly talented metalsmiths, Malakia was no differnt and inherited his families natural abilty at working metals. His family were so attune to metalworking that he shared this talent , that on his 10th year he was taken as an Apprentice by the towns leading Blacksmith and spent the next ten years studying under his Teacher. His skills improved so much so that by the time his training was complete he was renowned throughout many Dwarven communities for his skill and perfectionism at his craft. He spent his early career traveling between Dwarven Settlements offering his services to those that needed it. Each year going farther and farther abroad until finally he one day found the surface world. And proceeded to travel under the sun for the first time in his life. His wanderings took him far out into the lands of Men. And his time spent above ground was a period of some of his greatest work. His signature rune was recognized by many (A Flexing Stout Dwarven Arm.) During his adventures he fought in many battles and found that he had an affinity for fighting using his skills as a Blacksmith to take apart enemy armor plating on the battlefield and finding the weak point in an enemies armor.
One day he grew tired of wandering the Above Ground world and eventually found his way back underground. After months more of wandering he found the remains of his town, finding it in ruin with only a handful of survivors. He learned it was an all out attack from a small Drow Army. Bitter but with infinite Dwarfen Stoicism Malakai Armstrong nodded. He collected the few scattered belongings and artifacts of his people including his old masters Anvil .burying the remains in burnt out remains of his home. His duty done he left. Rumors abounded of a The Mad Smith Malakai Armstrong forging weapons and armor for Dwarven Raiders and participating in a few attacks himself on Drow Caravans. Though this was never verified rumors still abound. What his known that one day he returned and followed his usual route underground providing his services. Even going to Dwarven communities within Drow Cities and providing his services there. Currently the Armstrong finds himself in Val'Raveran drinking in a Dwarf bar wandering where to go next.
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by Samechiel » Thu Mar 18, 2010 1:45 am
Name: Mu
Race: Xuile'solen
- A small assortment of tools and untensils useful for brewing, distilling, and everyday use.
- A number of pouches, envelopes, and flasks containing varied ingredients and reagents. Usual samples range from yeasts, salts, and fungi to flowers, spices, and aromatic herbs native to the surface.
- One moderately sized cutting blade, well-used and intended for utility purposes (but still plenty sharp to kill).
- A small pouch of cut gems for bartering/exchange into local currency.
- A number of flasks, decanters, and wineskins containing prime examples of her favorite brews and distillations; strawberry wine, blackroot stout, and the aptly-named gnomeblight rotgut are almost always in stock.
- An assortment of medical supplies: bandages, healing salves, antiseptic poultices, and antitoxins for a wide variety of poisons.
- A shoulder-slung satchel (for carrying all of the above).
Magic: None, save standard Xuile'solen "negative aura."
Background: History is riddled with tragedy and misfortune; there is no exception here. Mal'galatea seemed so promising a start -a small Drow settlement hidden away in the far-flung reaches of the underworld, leagues from anything that could be considered civilized Drow society. The place seemed destined for prosperity; abundant food and fresh water, easily defended and bountiful with the wealth of the earth. Gemstones and rare metals seemed to bleed from the very walls of the tunnels and caverns. In the end, it was this wealth that was the downfall of Mal'galatea... enticed by veins of platinum and adamantite, the miners dug too deep, too greedily.
It must have been fate. It had to be. How could it not? That a young mother, a new bride, would give birth to a Xuile'solen with what was to befall them. That they would nurture this child rather than shun it, to teach her and care for her in these precious early years.
The beasts came as the village slept, breaking through deep wounds in the earth. Surging up through the mines, rising like a tidal wave from the endless darkness below the settlement. Nearly half the population was swept away before anyone even knew what was going on; the rest were hunted through the streets and alleys, taken in their homes by dark, unfathomable things wrought from a child's nightmares. Few escaped, fleeing into the endless passages of the Underworld, leaving behind those that they could not hope to save.
Though those nightmare creatures did not persue long, the bedraggled survivors of Mal'galatea were already sealed in their fate. They wandered lost through the darkness, unable to find their way back to civilization. One by one they fell to the hazards of the Underworld: Hunger. Predators. Dwarves. Toxins and radiation. Paranoia.
And little Mu was alone.
But for all their shortcomings as Drow the Xuile'solen are, above all, survivors. Young Mu survived. She clawed her way through the darkness, her instincts coming alive in the endless depths of the Underworld. She struggled tooth and nail for many years, beset on all sides by a hostile, unforgiving world. She grew quick and strong, a feral creature of the wilds. Time quickly became meaningless to her... even so, she felt an emptiness, a longing for the companionship of others that was only a dim, faded memory. Eventually, however, she encountered something that would forever change her world:
Alcohol.
Rum, to be prescise. Distilled from prickleberry sugars. Several large casks of it, held in the posession of a small caravan of traders -humans and dwarves, mostly- that had become lost just off a main highway. As the caravan slept she snuck into their camp and helped herself to their supplies, among them the sweet rum. She drank, and enjoyed it... and continued to drink until the cask was empty. Stumbling drunk, she staggered through the encampment and wrecked whatever she touched. Young Mu found it all to be incredibly amusing -the traders, for their part, had never seen a Xuile'solen hunched over a barrel puking her guts out before, and in turn found some level of humor in the affair, deciding not to slay or cage this curious being. When she had sobered, they made a proposal; more rum in exchange for an escort back to the highway. Desperate for more of the drink, young Mu agreed and a deal was struck.
When the deal was concluded, however, Mu found that she had enjoyed their company. Though they were not quite as ecstatic as she, they allowed her to travel with them. She followed them from the darkness of the Underworld into the brilliant light of the Surface; she marvelled at the smells and sounds and texures there, listened to the stories of its peoples and tasted the bounty of their ales and brews. Oh, the brews! Wines and lagers and stouts! Sweet honey meads and throat-burning whiskeys! She knew what she wanted, more than anything else in this life: to bring they joys of the humble brew to all.
Saying her farewells to the merchant caravan that had been her home for so long, she put everything of herself into learning. For years she studied, serving as apprentice under every brewmaster she could find, every vintner and homebrewer worth their salt. She studied the arts of herbalism and botany that she might better understand the flavours and cultures of ingredients, and alchemy and chemestry to know their compositions and reactions. Brewing was her art, and she an artisan -but she was running out of canvas. She wanted new things, new ingredients, new souls to inebriate.
She had to return to the Underworld. There were so many untapped ingredients down there, roots and tubers and mushrooms and cave grasses! Just think of the brews she could brew with so many untasted flavors!
So it was that Mu, no longer so young, returned to the darkness. Desire and conviction beat in her heart, and at her side hung a skin of prickleberry rum.
Description: Years of solitary life in the Underworld and the subsequent years of surface travel have kept Mu in fair shape. She is lithe and gaunt as one might expect of a Sightless runt, with thin, narrow features. Her dark skin is pockmarked with scars of varying severity -evidence of the trials and tribulations of survival for the Sightless. Her empty eye-sockets remain hidden behind a bandana of tattered black cloth and her hair, grown long and straight in her years of relative peace, hangs limply in front of her face.
Mu is adorned in an ankle-length, long-sleeved qipao -black, with pink and fuscia floral prints creeping up the left side. The garment is fitted for a much larger person; the extra bagginess allows her a greater range of movement and comfort. Beneath, she wears simple workman's undergarments.
Time Zone: Central
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Location: Off in the dark, getting drunk on Blackroot Stout.
by Malyuta Skuratov » Thu Mar 18, 2010 4:52 am
Name: Malyuta Skuratov
Race: Human (Halme)
Clan: None (formerly Skuratov clan)
City: Val'Raveran
#Brownish cloak
#Make-shift backpack
#Various pointed sticks made out of bone, each about one foot long
#Mushrooms (some of the poisonous variety)
#Torn shorts
#Tattered shirt
#Crutch
#Make-shift shiv (sharpened piece of iron)
#Rope
#Leather moccasins
#Straight razor
#Prestidigitation (Latin for fast fingers)-Able to take your wallet, light it on fire, then put the ashes in your pocket before you even notice.
#Wilderness Lore-Roamed the countryside, seeking shelter from invaders has taught Malyuta much.
#Hunting-Malyuta had to often find his food by scavenging the streets of Val'Raveran for vermin and such.
#Trapping-Goes hand-in-hand with hunting.
#Stealth-Can blend into any crowd of people, which he learned from his days of stealing form market stalls.
Background: Malyuta Skuratov, a human boy was born to a fairly well-to-do father and mother. His father had attained a government job as a sort of constable while his mother stayed at home. He was a workaholic, and as a result, stayed outside during late hours, and on one day in particular, stayed out late during the rain. This eventually led him to catch consumption, thus forcing Malyuta and his mother to seek employment to care for his sickly father. His mother would weave quilts and sell them for profit and find other types of crafts methods to earn income.
Malyuta, on the other hand had other ideas for revenue. The rebellious lad would go around town picking pockets, stealing goods from market stalls and selling them to other stalls at lowered prices, and for an ultimate unsavory tactic, he would patrol the town at night, and round up strays. The next day, he would be talking to various furriers about his ‘prized mink pelts!’ Malyuta soon realized the hard way that nothing lasts forever, and the townspeople eventually caught onto his shenanigans. He was facing a few fairly grievous charges, and there would be more than a few of his neighbors who would love to lop off facial extremities, were he to be caught. The young man needed to flee and do so quickly. Although he would abandon his mother and his terminally-ill father, the thing that would suffer the most would be his reputation. As the son of someone sworn to uphold the law for king and country, he would receive a slash against his record from which he would never recover. He would flee from the townspeople as they chased him across the countryside. Skuratov found shelter inside a cave along the face of a mountain. Hearing the sound of the encroaching mob, he sought shelter further inside…
He crawled downwards for what seemed like an eternity. He kept the various foodstuffs he had obtained from hunting in his backpack. He had managed to preserve them by pouring salt on them. He was able to locate an underground stream, and with it, achieved a supply of water. The water was filthy, brackish, and made him ill for weeks. Were it not for a near astronomical set of circumstances, he would be dead. All hope for Malyuta was not lost, for he was about to be found by an inadvertent rescue party, unfortunately, the first to find him was a Drow band of mercenaries who easily captured and subdued him. They noted how he must have been a strong young man to not only survive but locate his way around the underground labyrinth for a whole month. Deciding they would take him back to the city of Chel'el'Sussoloth to sell him into slavery, Malyuta would never have guessed he would be stumbling upon a hellish nightmare, wrought with beings he was only told of as a child. He was now in the Drow city of Chel'el'Sussoloth. It didn’t take long for him to be noticed by the general populace. The Drow mercenaries auctioned him off to the Sharen clan, and it was here for the next 10 years, he would be forced to call home. He first earned his reputation as a slave who was diligent, and for the most part, was smart enough to do what he was told, but he still did not get along well with other slaves. It is here that he earned his animosity toward the Drow people, with the abuse they inflicted upon him for nearly a decade. For his servitude, he had earned scars from lashings and more than his fair share of Drow saliva from being spit on. It is unclear whether the source of antipathy stems from the aforementioned various assaults on his person and psyche, or if he developed it when his right leg was mutilated by an attack from a dragon mount whom he was making his rounds feeding, resulting in getting it amputated from the mid-thigh, but he regards the Drow with, at best, fear. He was still a slave, but he was plotting on ways he could earn his freedom… not easy to do when you have literally one foot in the grave.
The day of supposed salvation had come. The Drow family felt that the man was falling behind on his work, and that they could now easily accomplish his tasks through other slaves with less sass, so they decided to have a little bit of fun with him. They recalled how well he was able to survive in the caves, so they sent him out presumably one last time to see how well he could accomplish that task with a leg missing. It was just like when he was stumbling around in the dark, ten years ago, only now there was no group of Drow mercs to save him, no food in his backpack, and he was going to attempt the task while missing a leg. "Things can only get better from here..." he muttered.
Malyuta had heard of the Drow city of Val'Raveran from other slaves, and how it was a city of promise. There was no way he could return to the surface. He was still considered an outcast, and he would surely serve prison time for his crimes. Staying in the Underworld was his only option. Staying in Val'Raveran was his only option. Malyuta had learned a lot from his days of hunting, and fortunately, he had not forgotten much. He was successfully able to live off the land and make it to Val'Raveran. His days as a thief were now gone. His life as a slave was now over. He would attempt to find his way in the world that rejected him for the third time.
Appearance: Malyuta learned a long time ago the benefits of shaving your head. He frequently shaves his head as often as he can to prevent his hair from getting caught on things. When he lets his hair grow out, it is unkempt, shaggy brown hair. Despite shaving his head, he does maintain a beard that would match the disheveled look of his non-existent hair. He has hazel eyes and a slender, but athletic build. He's been described as fairly tall, but not freakishly so. He frequently wears his brown cloak, which obscures much of his entire body. He has lashmarks all over his back from his previous Drow slavemaster(s), as well as a few scars on his face. The most apparent disfigurement he has is the absence of his right leg from the mid-thigh down. He cannot move all that fast, and does his best to hobble around on his crutch. Years of practice have allowed him to move much faster than someone who just had one of their legs amputated.
Time Zone: Central Time USA (-6 hours)
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by Atrial » Thu Mar 18, 2010 8:43 am
Name: Tamin Quartz
Race: Human (Emberi)
Red linen blouse,
Sturdy Leather bodice (Brown)
Thigh high Leather Boots (brown)
Red wool skirt
Heavy Leather belt.
Carpenters tool set.
Mess kit (Bowl, Cup and Utensils)
Leather Quiver and stone headed arrows.
skinning knife
woodcutters hatchet.
Tinder box (contains striking steal and flint)
Cat, "Nickie" a small female calico house cat
Home: Tamin lives in a home above her workshop. in Val' Raveran it's a modest home left to her by her family. There is a well used workshop that takes up most of the lower floor full of old tools an projects.
Tamin has a well made long recurve bow made by her father.
She also has a old, but well kept short sword and scabbard.
Tamin was born into a family of fairly low born peasants from an Emberi village not far from Val'Raveran. Her father's side of the family have been carpenters and wood workers for three generations before she was born, the only child of the family. Her mother had been stricken with fever and illness a short two years after Tamin's birth, though she survived her illness she never did bear another child. Rather than be daunted by the lack of a son Tamin's father chose to teach his daughter as an apprentice through her adolescent and early teen years. At age eleven her family decided to move to the trade hub of Val'Raveran to offer their trade and experience a better life than they had before.
With a modest home and a decent business they made a good living for a few years, Their status in the Drow controlled city became more apparent as the years wore on causing some tension between Tamin and her family, they had moved away from their home of generations to trade dignity for comfort. As she grew more skilled over the years Tamin found she had developed a knack for her trade and was most proficient as a bowyer. Her first attempts showed promise and with some considerable practice and tutoring from her father she began to move into a trade of her own. Regarded by others as somewhat of a tomboy growing up she kept her hair short and was overlooked until nature and physical development took over. With age came experience, in addition to her craft the young wood worker became quite skilled in the use and application of her Bows experimenting with different styles and techniques to develop her own style.
Tamin was educated through tutors in the city of Val'Raveran. Resistant at first she made her way through her compulsory education with the occasional stumble here and there often daydreaming in her studies and having to stress and strugle because of it. She now resides in the same house and workshop of her family, working and filling orders for goods and crafts out of a sense of duty to her family. She has a deep conviction and pride in her own work and ability, the position of her people in this society felt upsetting to her. She often made friends with some other cultural outcasts, finding some warmth in the company of other free thinking people.
Quirks:
Tamin is left handed.
She carries a small string of nondescript black beads on a plain cord, part of a religious practice of her culture.
She speaks the native languages of Drow and Dwarven well enough to converse and trade but with a heavy accent.
Tamin is a young woman of average height standing five foot five inches with short cropped black hair, and a light tan complexion. Her brown eyes are often set with sharp contrasting eye makeup. She dresses in rugged clothing to suit her job and prefers reds and warm colors. Her hands are often covered by a pair of working gloves with a few scratches and scrapes on her arms from time to time. She has a comely appearance, often obscured by her working attire, though she can clean up to be lady like when nessicary.
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Hall of Fame Phase I
I know that it has been a while since our last bit of news, but we wanted to wait until we had something really good to tell you.
Phase one of the Hall of Fame has been completed. It does not look quite like what was originally planned, but it is a fitting tribute to the inducted aviators.
The Hall of Fame is in the main terminal of the Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport by Subway.
Thanks to Chris Bildilli for the photographs of the Wall.
Aviation History Educational Center (AHEC) is a relatively new organization dedicated in bringing to the public, the awareness, preservation and history of past aviation associated people, programs, and artifacts, both civilian and military of Illinois. AHEC goals will include the services and activities that offer education, awareness and direction to the general public and to future aviation and space related opportunities of class room associated youth for future career development. AHEC board of directors and their advisory council is based in and located at Springfield Illinois Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport.
Several programs being developed, one of which, is a “Wall of Fame” that will include individual Illinois inductees to the Illinois Aviation Hall of Fame and the Illinois Military Aviation Hall of Fame to be housed initially at Capital Airport in Springfield Illinois public terminal. Long range goals being developed include a mobile space flight and intercellular simulator made available to school students.
A range of AHEC funding programs being established and developed will be ongoing as will an airport based facility to house and display Illinois Aviation related artifacts collections and donations for view and study by the public. This will include static displays of aircraft and related equipment and components.
General public membership is open to youth and adults with opportunities for a broad range of volunteerism. Watch local media for announcements of AHEC Advisory Council meetings dates, times, and location.
For additional information and timely updates visit the AHEC web page at: www.ilaviationhistorymuseum.org for additional information and participation please contact K. Gene Beenenga, President at: president@ilaviationhistorymuseum.org
The museum has been working on some ideas for a display at the Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport. As part of the display, we will have an area for the Illinois Aviation Hall of Fame and the Illinois Military Hall of Fame. Concept1 is the first draft for our display.
Initial concept for our display at the Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport.
At the center will be a Kiosk that will allow visitors to search the members of the two Halls of Fame.
Concept2 is a more polished version of the display. This version will let us add names to the Hall of Fame as they are inducted. The Kiosk is still there with the addition of a display case to display items from the museums collection.
The refined concept for the museums display at the Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport.
Our plan is to have the display in place by January 2014.
We were covered in an article in the SJ-R on Sept. 16th! The pre-flight in progress.
Aviation history center eyed for Springfield
It begins with the Aviation History Educational Center at Springfield Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport.
In an age when we watch movies on telephone screens, the choices for learning and enjoying spare time threaten the future of what, a few short years ago, was sensational news. The days when boys and girls watched, spellbound, from the observation deck as Ozark Airlines DC-3s began their journeys to far away places. . . are history.
Yet, the need for more pilots and support personnel in aviation is a growing concern as current genera-tions transition from the cockpit to retirement status.
The Aviation History Educational Center (AHEC) will address the future by presenting the story and history of aviation and aerospace. From these inspiring stories of tragedy and triumph we will grow dreams.
Our Mission Statement is clear. Our purpose is “to create a learning environment which will enhance the aviation experience for citizens of Central Illinois and beyond.”
The Illinois Aviation Hall of Fame and the Mili-tary Aviation Hall of Fame of Illinois support our effort. We will share their stories.
An effort to bring a futuristic spacecraft flight simulator to Central Illinois, designed to teach math and science, is now underway. We are gathering precious historical artifacts, models, books, periodicals, documents, interviews on digital media, and thou-sands of photographs.
Our Center will be open during scheduled hours that maximize availbility to the public at large. By special arrangement, we will open our doors to visiting schools, conventions, and chartered tour groups who come to see Abraham Lincoln historical sites, and learn more about aviation history than they expected.
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There will be two principle sections, one on the Iron Cross and the other dealing with more diverse topics.
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Primary excavation is set to begin at the site for the new Bed Tower at St. Francis Hospital—Indianapolis campus. Digging will start soon on the site that hosted the former Heart Center parking lot (east side of campus) where a new, six-story inpatient facility will be built.
The primary excavation should not present any new traffic changes or restrictions, as the former Heart Center parking lot and lower half of the east section of the former perimeter road were taken out of service in December. Staging of digging equipment should not interfere with traffic flow in and around the Heart Center.
Automobile access from the north (off Stop 11 Road) on the former perimeter road to the loading dock and the physician parking lots behind Medical Office Buildings I and II will remain open throughout primary excavation.
However, three building exits facing the now-former Heart Center parking lot will be closed due to the construction – one each on D Wing, the Heart Center and Ambulatory Surgery.
Initial phases of the bed tower construction project were completed in late December — most notably the paving and opening of the first new parking area and a new perimeter road — located directly between the Heart Center and I-65.
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"It's already been established that smoking changes the gut microbiome. What we're adding here is that smoking cessation itself will continue to change the gut microbiome. Then the question of course is, 'Is this good? Or is it bad?' We don't know yet."
The study showed improvements in bacterial diversity were associated with reductions in heart rate, systolic blood pressure and C-reactive protein levels, which rise in response to inflammation. It also showed an increase in hemoglobin, the red blood cells that carry oxygen.
"All of those changes are indirect markers of potentially better health," said Sublette, a cardiology fellow at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. "It adds greater fuel to the hypothesis that the gut microbiome is really doing something for cardiovascular disease."
Sublette said researchers also found that people who quit smoking had decreases in some bacteria called firmicutes and increases in others called bacteroides that past studies have shown could be measures for lower risk for diabetes and obesity.
"It's hard to know exactly yet what that ratio means, because we are very early on in the study of the gut microbiome and cardiovascular disease. But it adds to the overall picture and helps us start to understand this," he said.
The study was limited by its small patient size and its relatively narrow focus, Sublette said."We are not digging down to the exact species of bacteria. Rather, we're looking at larger proportions or ratios of large groups of bacteria."
Sublette said he plans to do future research in which mice are fed living bacteria from humans.
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Hazen, who was not involved in the research, said "a change in our environmental exposure impacts the host in many different ways, including shifts in the gut microbial community. What changes occur as a result of smoking cessation is an interesting question that remains to be determined."
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E-misférica 8.2 #narcomachine
Rossana Reguillo
The Narco-Machine and the Work of Violence: Notes Toward its Decodification
Rossana Reguillo | ITESO (Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Occidente)
When Leonardo da Vinci gives instructions
for a battle painting he insists that artists have
the courage and the imagination to show war in
all its ghastliness.
—Susan Sontag, Regarding the Pain of Others
When in the middle of 2010, I received the invitation from the editors of e-misférica to be an invited editor for an issue on narco-trafficking and violence, I thought for several days about what direction to take, what framework to employ, and especially how to frame an approach to a phenomenon that has such power to disarticulate, that is so abysmal, and yet at the same time so quotidian. During those days, it became more than evident in Mexico that the violence and the brutal executions had risen to another level (I am referring to the massacres of young people in Ciudad Juárez, Tepic, Tijuana, and Mexico City, and especially to the “narco-fosas,” or mass graves of migrants assassinated by narcos).
As I thought about the issue, a powerful phrase by Michael Löwy that I had read a couple of years earlier kept returning to my thoughts: “the device does not exist there to execute a man, but rather, the man is there precisely because of the device, to provide a body upon which it can pen its aesthetic masterpiece, its illustrated and bloody book, full of details and adornments. The officer himself is nothing more than a servant of the machine” (41). This was the key that allowed me to elaborate the idea of the narco-machine as the backbone of this issue of the journal, and, indeed, of the approach that I develop here. Following Löwy, we can say that in terms of the violence linked to narco-trafficking, the machine precedes its servants.
What I am interested in discussing, then, is what I call the “work of violence,” borrowing from Hannah Arendt’s elaborations on Nazi extermination camps in The Origins of Totalitarianism (1987), in which the author advances an argument that is fundamental to understanding this horror. I also draw from Primo Levi’s chilling observations as an Auschwitz survivor in The Drowned and The Saved (2002), in relation to the production of sacrificial bodies which presuppose a fine-tuned and systematic dissolution of the person, a gradual but brutal reduction to an inhuman condition that authorizes the most extreme exercises of submission, torture and control over the body of the other.
The work of violence linked to the narco-machine is similar to the one described by Levi in Nazi camps in two respects, the profundity (and perversity) of which make them difficult to apprehend. Yet there is also an element that differentiates them that is crucial to gauging the narco-machine’s power.
The first similarity is that the dismembered bodies that el narco (in the singular, as it is said in Mexico) leaves strewn about each day across the national geography lose their singularity, much like the prisoners in the extermination camps. It is no longer a case of Maria, Pedro, or Juan, but rather of anonymous bodies that are then layered by an ontological dimension in three senses: they are converted into units of common sense (broken bodies, disarticulated bodies); they are transformed into universals (those executed by narcos, war casualties, collateral damage); they are bodies transformed—by the work of violence—into abstract entities (“encajuelados,” “decapitados,” “encojibados”).1 The dissolution of the person is the narco-machine’s first victory.
To situate the second similarity, I refer to Adriana Cavarero’s extraordinary book, Horrorism, where, in a discussion of the problem of defenselessness, Cavarero states: “the dead, massacred body is only a residue of the torture scene” (60). Similarly, and just as in the extermination camps, the mass graves later discovered, the bodies massacred by narco-violence (in Mexico) operate as “degenerate” signs (Eco 1992) of the machine and its work. The bodies are remainders of a previous scene that we no longer have access to, as Cavarero astutely points out. They are specifically signs of a prior power that we cannot access through immediate experience. On this level, I find Charles Peirce’s theory on the “instructive” role of the sign particularly useful; I will attempt to develop the concept later in this essay by way of the notion of expressive violence, with which I have been working for several years.2
The third correlation, in this case a contrast, lies in the position and location of power. While Nazi power erects facilities to house its work of violence and locates its servants in clearly locatable coordinates, the narco de-localizes itself. Its power appeals precisely to the densest dimension of the machine’s logic: its placeless ubiquity, which enables it to act in a silent but efficacious manner. Its presence is phantasmagoric. The narco-machine is a phantom. Its domination derives from occupying a de-localized space that is impossible to symbolize (in the Freudian sense), appealing to and awaking the deepest fissures between what we consider real and our displaced fears. The impossibility to symbolize performs its work in the imaginary, occluding any possibility of signification. The narco-machine is ubiquitous, elusive, phantasmagoric, and it persists, despite the occasional appearance and momentary subjugation of its servants.
So, a first approximation to the machine allows us to isolate—for analysis—three levels: the dissolution of the person (transmuted into a dismembered body), the broken body that acts as a sign of a previous scene and power, and its phantasmagoric presence.
At this juncture in what is known in Mexico as “the war on narco,”3 any serious attempt to document the precise number of dead that accumulate daily as testimony to the horror is impossible. Forty thousand? Fifty thousand? Sixty-two thousand? As a banner in one of the latest marches against violence in Mexico put it: “Is it the number of dead, which one can no longer even count because bodies are strewn on impossible roads, that gives this violence its most important dimension?” Surely numbers are crucial here—those we can muster beyond official figures, those that sometimes come from the mouths of civil servants who are caught off guard, those that somehow make it into the so-called ejecutómetro (execution-meter).4 But the number that is sought, as a desperate gesture to generate a minimum level of intelligibility, does not capture what is essential—the work performed by the violence of the machine.
The epistemological chill produced by the horror of bodies that accumulate as evidence of an unsuccessful policy—Felipe Calderón’s policy—which failed to establish itself as such, derives from the incapacity of a way of thinking that attempts to think through the violencias to situate itself at the interface of what is singular and universal (in the ontological sense) about these bodies, which one by one populate the map of a geography that has collapsed under the weight of terror disseminated (from Cherán to Ciudad Mier; from Culiacán to Ciudad Juárez; from Monterrey to Guadalajara). We count the dead, but the gesture is useless because we are unable to restore the humanity lost and unable to mend the rupture that the machine leaves in its wake. Violence is unidirectional; there is no reciprocal violence in the face of the machine’s phantasmagoric nature.
Mariana Hernández León
Between September and October 2011, after the horrors of the so-called “narco-graves” (Turati 2011) and the shock of the bodies dumped on a street in Veracruz, came the horror of the tortured corpses of two youths that were hung from a bridge in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas (the woman strung up like cattle, the man hung from the arms); two weeks later, the “appearance” of the dismembered body of a journalist with her head mounted on a flower pot accompanied, in a macabre performance, by a keyboard, a mouse, a set of headphones, and speakers. These last two cases carried the explicit warning that this is what happens to those using social networks and the Internet to spread news or information that compromises the activities of organized crime.
In the face of these violencias, language fails, exhausting itself in its attempt to produce an explanation or a reason. The violencias in the country produce the collapse of our interpretive frameworks, yet, at the same time, these broken, vulnerable, violated, viciously mutilated bodies are converted into a clear message: keep quiet and submit. Silence and control emanating from total violence advance across the Mexican territory without any contention whatsoever.
The machine specializes in the production of fissures, both those that separate the layers of the same wound (bodies of narco-retailers, assistants, look-outs, associates who are now punished), and those that separate superimposed wounds (bodies of innocent civilians, the “collateral damage” that feeds the voracity of the machine).
In August of 2011, at the Casino Royale in the city of Monterrey, a squadron of hit men set fire to the facilities, killing over 50 people and unleashing endless questions and fears in what was once, before the arrival of the machine, Mexico’s most prosperous city.5 It has and continues to be impossible to generate a minimally intelligible framework to make sense of the event—a fissure of the narco-machine.
In October 2011, it was reported that at least 35 bodies “appeared” on a street in Boca del Rio, Veracruz. Stacked and bearing signs of torture, these bodies of Veracruz reactivated the discussion over the efficacy of the narco-machine and the defenselessness of the citizenry. The images are brutal, but in an attempt to resist the vertigo of the lurid, I want to invoke the “geological” layers that the fissure makes visible.
The image is clear and not because of that, vivid. On a road, a street, a roundabout, a “group” of bodies reveal the horror, as much spread out as crowded together, inside a funeral van, like in a traveling extermination camp. The machine’s power authorizes itself to take things to another level, to unload its shocking payload on the road without resorting to any other message. The act of delivery is formally aphasic but, symbolically, total.
Expressive Violencias
When I started to study violence (in the singular), it appeared to me that the singular form of the word subsumed into the same analytical space a group of violent forms whose variability, modes of operation, and consequences did not fit into a single or singular expression. I started to use the notion of violencias (in the plural), which drove me to elaborate a typology that, while not exhaustive of the entire specter of possible violence, does allow me to advance in my understanding of its multidimensionality. I am not going to elaborate the scheme I proposed in this regard here, but will simply enumerate the four forms of violence I have isolated for analytical purposes:
a) Structural: violencias linked to the consequences and effects of systems (economic, political, cultural), which operate on bodies that are considered “surplus,” mainly the poor and socially marginalized.
b) Historic: violence that affects groups considered “anomalous,” savage, or inferior (women, indigenous people, blacks), and that grounds itself in a kind of longstanding justification.
c) Disciplining: that which seeks to name the forms of violence exercised to bring others into submission by exemplary punishment (I am thinking of the assassinations of women in Ciudad Juárez or of the selective murder of street children in Brazil).
d) Diffuse: That violence which is “gaseous,” whose origin is impossible to attribute to anything other than phantasmagoric entities (narcos, terrorism), and which is almost impossible to prevent because it does not follow an intelligible pattern.
These forms of violence tend to present themselves in combined forms, but in my search for a more nuanced understanding, it has been useful to keep the analysis tied to their different logics, origins, and forms of operation.
The narco-machine takes from these four forms of violence and combines them in interchangeable ways, as if it were a Lego set, splicing sociopolitical and cultural pieces to produce differentiated effects. The machine, however, resorts mainly to its disciplinary and diffuse forms. Its brutal calligraphy inscribes itself in the production of control and submission, as it hides behind its inapprehensible nature. As I pointed out above, the bodies disciplined by the work of violence act as indexes of its power.
Yet I consider these four elements and their combinations to be insufficient for an adequate approximation to the machine’s violence. Because of this, I propose another distinction, one that detaches itself from the four previous forms: utilitarian violence and expressive violence.6
Tania González Suro
Although they are not antagonistic or mutually exclusive forms, my ongoing research strongly suggests that the narco-machine has been increasing its expressive dimension. By this I mean the exercise of those violencias whose sense appears to be centered on the exhibition of total and unquestionable power, using the most brutal and at the same time most sophisticated forms of violence against a body that has already been stripped of its humanity (decapitated bodies, bodies strung from bridges, dismembered bodies strewn on the street). This expressive action tends to displace utilitarian violence, whose aims are readable and can be apprehended by experience (I kill you to rob you, I annihilate you because your presence hinders my plans, etc.) The death of the other is sufficient.
Expressive violence is without a doubt preceded by a complex system of pursuit of “profit,” but this remains concealed, encrypted, hidden as residual elements in the “message” that is delivered by way of the thousands and thousands of mutilated bodies accumulated in the so-called “war on the narco.” In a radical way, and citing Sontag, these messages encrypted in the space of a finite and forever-broken body may be read as memento mori (“remember you will die”); you will die three times: when you are tortured (the torture that precedes death is almost always unimaginable), when you die, and when your death is converted into data reported in the media (for example, “five heads were found in front of the Attorney General’s office”). The signifying chain of expressive violencias could not be more eloquent. In its passage through these three arenas, total death becomes pure expression—objectives no longer matter here and the pursuit of profit becomes secondary. What is relevant is the exhibition of the narco-machine as an infinite and inevitable repertoire.
The power of expressive violencias lies in this infinity and inevitability, the bodies are at the service of the machine as are its servants, as Löwy correctly points out.
To Serve the Machine: Language
When I wrote the first notes for this essay, I considered that a pertinent title could be “Narcoñol: Language as a Device of the Narco-machine.” The complexity and multiple dimensions of the phenomenon led me to consider that Narcoñol, as I would call the speech that is derived from narcos, is more of an appendix of the narco-machine rather than its epicenter.
I reached this formulation working through the writing—again—of Primo Levi. In reading and studying his books on extermination camps and his experience as a survivor in depth, it occurred to me that the speech of the concentration camp was key (of the lager, as he calls it). Speech configured (and arranged) the experience of violence. The figure of “the Muslim,” for example, alludes to those men who had already submitted themselves, “puppets, squalid,” who had already given in to their tragic destiny and were on the way to their own human dissolution (Levi 2002). The “Muslim”—guard, witness, survivor, and accomplice even in his own tragedy—is the most terrible product of the work of violence and the appearance of an intermediate language that, stammering and using available categories, tries to name abjection, indignity, and pain. (The figure of a “Muslim” in a Nazi concentration camp, as the focus of the reflective space of abjection, is a topic that I will not explore here, but it surely merits in-depth analysis.)
I am especially interested in Levi’s suggestion that that language, “his language,” does not offer the necessary words to name “the destruction of man” (39).
According to this hypothesis, I think the emergence of a “Narcoñol” that is ever more robust and sophisticated is self-explanatory. When violence advances as lingua franca (Segato 2004) it requires finding words, terms, modes, and metaphors to speak of itself (with the collaboration of the media). Narcoñol is, then, an exercise that claims to produce a certain intelligibility about the logistics, modes, strategies, values, figures, and, especially, impacts of the narco-machine.
This is not the place to attempt to analyze a genealogy of the speech linked to the narcos. Nevertheless, it is possible to isolate some semantic fields that allow us to calibrate its impact on language, assuming that this is key to the production of the social. To continue, I will use the symbol popularized by Twitter and the so-called “hashtag” that is prefixed by the #, which serve, in collective conversation, both to reflect on the impact of a topic as well as to guide and focus our discussion.
The semantic fields I want to discuss are the following three:
#brokenbodies
With this “tag” I allude to the forms in which Mexican Spanish (but I am also thinking of Colombian parlance) has named the corpses of those assassinated or killed in the violent spirals of the narco-machine.
Ejecutados (or the “executed,” a generic name for all the dead by and because of the narco-machine); ahorcados (or the “strangled,” a mode of execution, alludes to a specific but ambiguous end), colgados (or the “hanged,” a mode of execution, most common in the North); decapitados (or the “decapitated,” a modality, phantasmagoric name for incomplete bodies); encajuelados ((corpsescordkcorpses that “appear” in the trunks of abandoned cars); deslenguados (bodies stripped of their ability to speak); encojibados (bodies that are “delivered”—paradoxically—in blankets that should serve as protection);7 entambados (bodies that “appear” or do not appear because they have been dissolved in acid); embolsados (bodies that are “delivered” in black trash bags); las hieleras (heads that are “delivered” in coolers).
And so the inventory of words that today serve to name the complex and chilling exercise of the narco-machine over bodies could continue.
#practicesandsculture
No doubt one of the oldest and most important “contributions” of the machine in its tense dialogue with society is the use of the prefix “narco” to name a broad and disperse group of cultural practices and products.
Perhaps the oldest use dates back to narcocorridos (written like that, without a hyphen), as a noun used to name a musical genre that narrates the vicissitudes of the machine. But along with it come words that are already established as part of common speech in Mexico: narcoarquitectura (“narco architecture,” a term alluding to a style that is recognized as the machine’s own way of making itself present in space); narcoEstado (“narco State,” which alludes to diverse forms in which the machine has the capacity to penetrate the State); or narcocultura (narco culture) as a word already used in the popular domain to name (without naming) the effects of the machine on everyday life.
Although it is difficult to document with precision, one speaks of “Culiacán Tardío” (Late Culiacán) and “Miami Temprano” (Early Miami) to allude to certain architectural configurations. Clothes, accessories, diamond-studded guns made of gold, lockets, scapulars, saints, cars, and other accessories make up what is recognized as narcocultura.
#thewar/thejargon
One of the most complex fields of “Narcoñol” is undoubtedly the war and its derivations. The war on the narco, declared by the current president of Mexico, Felipe Calderón, has generated a “language” that is as lurid as it is popular. The central expression in this level of speech is “collateral damage.” Following the terminology of conventional wars, it alludes to the “unintended” impacts on the defenseless body, on the innocent or beneficial victim. But this Narcoñol is full of tropes: intelligence work, suspects, “it was said,” “it is known,” “he/she was linked to.”
The combinations and their possibilities, on this level, are infinite, so I will limit myself to point out that the Narcoñol of #thewar grows in strength and scope drawing upon two key elements: the figure of the total enemy (in which so-called “collateral damage” has no importance), and the collapse of our interpretive systems, which end up producing the demented dichotomy of the “good dead” and the “bad dead.” When there are no words to describe or name useless, surplus, brutal death, jargon is a pertinent instrument to both official powers and to the narco-machine. As long as the bodies do not transcend the category of “collateral damage,” it is possible to set up a language that obstructs its emergence as evidence of the limits of barbarism. “Collateral damage” is the sign, in this case official, of the broken body.
Counter-machine
In a loose sense of the dialectic, we can be certain that a counter-machine opposes the power of any machine.8 According to the approaches I have outlined here, a possibility would be to locate a counter-machine in the State and, or, its institutions. Unfortunately, corruption, impunity, the sum of failed strategies, and the current government’s policy focused on the militarization of the territory, preclude any expectation that the counter-machine will come from the institutions of the State.
So the idea here is that the counter-machine, because of the phantasmagoric and radically disciplinary power of the machine, cannot come from any place other than society, from citizens in their multiple roles (activists, artists, journalists, cronistas, teachers, parents, students, critics).
By counter-machine (in the context of the work of the violence of narco-trafficking), I mean the group of fragile, intermittent, expressive, and fragmented devices society deploys to resist, make visible, or subtract power from the narco-machine. As Deleuze (1999) points out, “it is simple to search for correspondences between types of societies and types of machines, not because machines are determinant, but because they express the social formations that originated and use them.” I propose that as a “responding” device, the counter-machine draws from the knowledge of the different social formations (in Colombia, confronting the power of the “magicians,” as the drug lords were called; or in Mexico facing the undoubted power of the crime bosses, for example) and, on the other hand, it searches for forms or alternatives in space-time that open the narco-machine in order to explore the horizons of possible answers.
Paraphrasing Raymond Williams (1982), we could say that there are “residual” counter-machines that operate with the knowledge at hand (marches, the creation of associations and non-governmental organizations, press strategies, sit-ins, and occupations) and ”emergent” counter-machines, which operate in a different space/time and that employ the mobilization of performative information and expression, as well as viralization, to mine the ground upon which the machine resides (mainly by way of the Internet, websites, blogs, or intrusive performances in public space, among others). Of course, the devices of the counter-machine take on mixed and combined forms.
Because of space limitations, I will focus on two examples:
a) The web portal Nuestra Aparente Rendición (Our Apparent Rendition, NAR), which was founded in October 2010 by the writer Lolita Bosch. It is an emerging device, articulating different social mechanisms of response. In this sense, it is a device of the devices. Its contribution to the visibilization and open discussion about narco-trafficking in (mainly) Mexico undoubtedly lies in its capacity to move across different circuits and registers: from social-historic and political essays, to crónicas of events in small towns; from words to images; from fixed images to moving images; from denunciation to demands for justice; from the mobilizations in Mexico to its replicas in the rest of the world. The multiple registers of NAR fundamentally call for making the work of violence visible by way of the restitution and replacement of that which the machine erases in a perverse way: the dissolution of the individual body. As Sontag says, invoking Virginia Woolf’s discussion of a photograph of “what might be a man’s body, or a women’s; it is so mutilated that it might, on the other hand, be the body of a pig” (4); Sontag adds: “her point is that the scale of war's murderousness destroys what identifies people as individuals, even as human beings” (57).
The work of NAR emerges as a form of response and active mobilization against the machine and the fatal consequences of the so-called “war on the narco.” It activates critical thinking, places its “readers, viewers, visitors, and collaborators” in a position of reflexivity, making it possible for the commonplace naturalization of the violencias to clash with substantive questioning.
b) The second is the crónica, which functions as a device of the counter-machine on two levels, as narrative tool of investigative journalism and as photojournalism. In an article I wrote in 2000 about the emergence of the crónica as a form of epochal narrative, I argued that “the crónica, in the feminine, points to an orderly account of events; and in the masculine, lo crónico, as in a long, chronic illness, is established today as a narrative form that enables the telling of that which does not allow itself to be captured within the antiseptic frameworks of a genre. Or could it be that the event establishes its own rules, its own ways of allowing itself to be told?”
Narrating death, violence, and “horrorism,” in the words of Cavarero, requires the elaboration of what I then called “writing in the trenches” (escritura a la intempterie) I am thinking here of the work of three journalists/cronistas, whose sustained field work and writing over time has shed light on gray zones which are normally invisible in conventional media. Cristian Alarcón who, working from Argentina, has been able to construct ties and complicities between journalists and academics who work on violence. His work as a cronista ultimately investigates the arena where context, victim, and perpetrator destabilize—to say the least—the tendency to conceptualize the servant of the machine in terms of total monstrosity. Alarcón makes it possible for us to explore streets, houses, conversations—the modes and forms through which the machine advances in daily life in the construction of a particular subjectivity, one that is functional to its objectives (Alarcón 2003, 2011)
In a notable way, the work of the journalist Marcela Turati (2011), whose capacity to bring out the voice of victims without reducing them to their defenselessness, brings into stark relief the total desolation and destruction that the machine leaves in its wake. Her work gives visibility not only to the serialized production of broken bodies, but also to the citizens at the epicenter of the horror that are still capable of narrating their experience, and thus of living.
And then there is the work of Diego Osorno (2009), whose central preoccupation has been to lend intelligibility to the intricacies of power in the spaces where the machine mobilizes. Osorno has known, more than anyone, how to ask pertinent questions, going from the structural to the subjective story; to move through the minefield in which every phrase, figure, or occurrence articulate a vital interrogation: the complex, dark, fatal web spun by the machine as it becomes a total power.
There is much to be said of the counter-machine. I consider it an issue that concerns all of us and which demands our best analytical efforts. Here, I share only develop a few examples of the ways in which “people” have succeeded in creating devices that confront the almost total power of the machine, proposing spaces, languages, modes of interpretation that help to calibrate our precarious instruments to decipher a power that relies on the work of violence and the systematic production of horror.
I have yet to mention the work of photojournalists such as Fernando Brito (a key contributor to this issue) whose power lies in his capacity to resist two temptations when dealing with the machine’s violence: an aesthetization of the horror that ends up erasing its structural roots, and, on the other hand, the avoidance of prurience in the exhibition of the broken bodies. Brito situates himself in the very place of a witness who mourns, and is at the same time caring enough to “be there,” as Geertz (1988) would say, showing us the calligraphy of the machine in a temporal sequence that reveals the systematic work of its war apparatus.
Still to be mentioned are the performances that from of artistic or activist entry points index a counter-power that is capable of resisting the vertigo of total violence. I am thinking principally of the work of Violeta Luna, which the readers of e-misférica can see and calibrate in this issue.
In their fragility, intermittence and expressivity, the devices of the counter-machine, whether residual or emergent, are there as spaces, narratives, images and practices whose objective is to show the power of the machine and undermine its operational capacity.
For Deleuze, the task of critical thinking is to detect and reinforce the lines of flight (those spaces that escape the power of the narco-machine, in this case), which can lead to new space-times. In the face of a machine that has blocked the singularity of the human and that has worked (successfully and in collaboration with the media) to produce, in the same frequency, a normalized tone in which the bodies of the defenseless are left abandoned to sinister mathematics or the accumulation of statistical data, what is counter-machinic lies is the ability to locate and enhance the lines of flight that present themselves, or that “can be constructed, from where the unexpected can break through, the event, the ‘revolutionary becoming’ that can produce a transformation,” as Deleuze would say.
If the work of violence of the narco-machine consists—at its core—in the dissolution of the human, the line of flight lie in our intellectual, critical, artistic, journalistic, and civic capacity to raise, make visible, and emphasize the ontological crime, that which erases uniqueness in the search for its encoded profit.
Translated by Margot Olavarría
Rossana Reguillo holds a doctorate in Social Sciences, with a specialization in Social Anthropology from the CIESAS. She is a researcher (Investigadora Nacional, SNI—Sistema Nacional de Investigadores—level III) and a member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences. She is a professor in the department of Sociocultural Studies at the ITESO. Her research interests include: youth and urban cultures; the social construction of fear and the politics of affect (the emotions); as well as the cultural dimensions of narco-traffic and violence. Her published books include: Horizontes Fragmentados (Fragmented Horizons), Comunicación, cultura, pospolítica (Communication, Culture, Postpolitics), El (des)orden global y sus figuras (Global (Dis)Order and its Figures); her most recent book is Los jovenes en México (The Youth in Mexico, ed). A visiting professor at New York University, she has held the Andrés Bello Chair in Latin American Culture and Civilization (fall 2011).
1 Translator’s note: these terms refer to bodies found in car trunks (encajuelados), decapitated bodies (decapitados), and bodies found wrapped in blankets (encojibados).
2 In Peirce’s linguistic theory, he makes the distinction between sign, icon and symbol. Regarding sign, he says: “A sign, or sema, representamen whose representative character consists of the fact that it is a second individual. If the secondary-ness [that is, the referent] is an existential correlation, the sign is genuine. If the secondary-ness is a reference [such as the case with, “the narco” as an abstract entity], the sign is degenerated. [And what is most important:] Some signs are more or less detailed instructions of what the viewer can do to achieve an experientially direct connection, another connection, to the object being signified.” Brackets are mine. See Eco (1992).
3 The war against the narco, declared by President Calderón at the beginning of his term in 2006, basically consisted in taking the army to the streets; that is, in miltiarizing the methods of combating narco-trafficking, and to increase the budget for security. I suggest interested readers see articles by the specialist Eduardo Buscaglia for a profound understanding of this.
4 The “ejecutómetro” is a daily count of the deaths in the country; it is commonly used by journalists (the newspaper Reforma has a section with that title) and it has become part of popular speech. It reads like a weather report: “Today we awoke to 72 dead.”
5 The news of the intentionally set fire of the Casino Royale in Monterrey (http://www.milenio.com/cdb/doc/noticias2011/b969338e9136051cf54e4a5225248d48) made me think of the emergence of a verb I detected at the beginning of 2009 in an interview with a girl that had been tied to the Tijuana Cartel. She said to me,:“My brother learned to
6 See Reguillo (2005), this elaboration owes much to the exceptional work of the anthropologist Rita Segato (2004) and by talking with her and reading her work, I could arrive at this proposal.
7 In 2006, the artist Teresa Margolles, exhibited her polemic work, “Encojibados” in different museographic spaces, using real, bloody blankets used by narcos to wrap bodies.
8 I owe this idea to Marcial Godoy, who brought it up during one of the many editorial meetings for the publication of this issue. He made me see the central importance of expressions of citizen resistance—as disarticulated as they may appear—to confront the narco-machine’s power. I attempt to elaborate here an intermediary concept, from his suggestions, convinced that it is necessary to continue the analysis.
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The moment Kyle Walker and Dillon Danis agreed to fight the two had one thing in common. Neither knew who the other was.
Walker (2-4) will welcome Danis into the world of mixed martial arts on the main card of Saturday's Bellator 198 from the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, IL. The bout will air on the Paramount Network, and the two will meet at a catch-weight of 175-pounds.
Danis is best known as the grappling partner and confidant of UFC superstar Conor McGregor. The brash Danis is highly respected in the world of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. He is a black belt under grappling wizard Marcelo Garcia, and in 2014, he claimed the World No-Gi Championship, the Abu Dhabi World Pro Championship and the World Championships. By 2016, he was the Pan American No Gi Champion. In preparing for Saturday, Danis has bounced between SBG Ireland and gyms in his home base of New York, including training Muay Thai with Phil Nurse.
The 31-year-old Walker cut his teeth fighting on the St. Louis fight scene. As an amateur, he was apart of the SFL Amateur tournament and also competed for Rumble Time Promotions. As a pro, he fought for Shamrock FC, and it was his relationship with SFC President Jesse Finney that led to getting the match with Danis.
"Jesse called me, and he had seen on Facebook that I have been struggling a little with life in general," Walker said. "Bellator had called (Finney) and asked if any of his fighters were willing to take the (Danis) fight and all of Jesse's fighters were already committed. He asked me if I was interested in a fight. He didn't tell me who but once he said Bellator and that I would have a two-month fight, I said absolutely."
And once Walker found out it was Danis who he would meet, he had no frame of reference.
"I never heard of him," Walker said. "I've never been big into jiu-jitsu. That's a world I don't know a lot about and I'm not a big McGregor fan."
Walker has spent most of his fight camp in his home of Southern Illinois, training out of The Den in Carterville and Sabens Martial Arts in Carbondale. Alongside Walker for this camp has been SFC standout and close friend Garrett Gross.
Walker will be looking not only to shock the MMA world but also snap a three-fight losing skid.
"The last three have all been notice fights, and I have not been fighting my style as of late," Walker said. "I didn't plan a fight camp. It was basically cut weight and fight."
Walker is a tremendous athlete, having played D-IAA football at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale before going into MMA. He was a regular during the early days of ATT Evolution, the St. Louis gym owned and operated by UFC champion Tyron Woodley. Walker has turned to a tape of Woodley to help game-plan for Danis.
"I have watched Woodley vs. (Damien) Mia," Walker said.
Walker is no dummy. He knows footwork and keeping good distance is a key element in Saturday's fight.
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But if -or when- the fight hits the mat, Walker has been prepping the best he can.
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Hold the Beef. More Broccoli Please: Why Hong Kong’s Green Monday Movement Is Building a Flexitarian Globe
Blog Entry by Julie Fahnestock in Corporate Social Responsibility
August 8, 2016 - 1:10pm
Monday, August 8, 2016 - 12:00pm
(3BL Media and Just Means)- After 13 years of pescetarianism, I might be reconsidering prosciutto and fried chicken. Tragic, to my purist, animal-loving friends, yes. But I feel like I don’t see the industrialization of animal production ending because I substitute tofu for chicken on my bacon-less Cobb salad. When I was a young twenty-something, I quickly gave myself to the anti-climate change, animal-loving campaigners at my university. But have any of my veggie burgers mattered? I’d like to think so. But campaigns and small personal choices alone don’t change the world. When David Yeung, co-founder and CEO of Green Monday, said this of his plant-eating, flexitarian-awareness company, I knew I trusted him. Green Monday “promotes and enables green, healthy and sustainable living through vegetarian promotion and food rescue initiatives” as an effort to reduce the global carbon footprint. But can my choice to eat “green” on Mondays reduce worldwide carbon outputs? Are meat producers scaling back their operations because I eat kale and tofu instead? And must I sacrifice the delicate and sensual world of prosciutto I’ve recently discovered in order to take a personal stand against climate change?
Green Monday started as a consumer awareness initiative—promoting flexitarianism, i.e. eating vegetarian meals a few days a week in order to reduce carbon emissions—and has branched into Green Monday Foundation and Green Common. Green Monday Foundation hosts a network of universities and restaurants, taking steps to reduce food waste and bridge the gap between the food system and climate change. Green Money Ventures, the for-profit umbrella of Green Monday, hosts both retail space, an e-commerce platform, a venture capital firm and a network of corporations and universities. Green Ventures impact investment arms invest into smaller food startups with mission alignment.
Yeung says their goal is not about creating a globe of vegetarians, but that the impact of food on the planet is all about portions. Green Monday partners with dining services at universities and corporations to transition meat-centric menus to a more balanced offering of meat and veggies. Columbia University’s 10,000-student population, for example, shifted to 50 percent meat and 50 percent greens.
“Everyone who comes to the cafeteria becomes a part-time vegetarian. Some people don’t even need to be aware that Green Monday exists because the corporation or school makes that choice on their behalf,” explains Yeung.
According to Green Monday, one flexitarian saves an average of 68 animals each year. But can the causation between the reduction of meat one day a week and the overall impact on meat production and carbon outputs be made? And how is this type of impact tracked? Yes, gradually, procurement managers reduce meat orders and purchase more vegetables. And vegetable and fruit production supposedly have a smaller footprint than meat production because it takes a lot of food to feed cattle. Plus, there’s the methane from the animals and the emissions from the meat production. However, Tamara Hapsel from The Washington Post in the article “Vegetarian or Omnivore: The Environmental Implications of Diet” points out that we have to compare the environmental impact of meats versus veggies based on calories. One kilogram of beef, for example, has 2,280 calories which needs replacing with 6.7 kilograms of broccoli. If we had to eat that much broccoli, I guarantee it would be covered in animal-derived cheese.
So, where does that put us? And then there’s the shipping and packaging of plants, too . . .. Clearly, it’s complex, and no one organization is tracking these outputs well. At this point, Green Monday doesn’t have the capacity to contextualize or track these differences nor the environmental footprint of each school or company with whom they work---though it’s a probable goal down the road.
“Tracing carbon is very labor intensive and requires expertise. For example, a school could source local food, but the packaging could be from across the planet. Most companies are not there yet and we aren’t either. We benchmark in terms of weight and volume and how much of a certain kind of food is served. Even a school who cuts out just red meat is making a difference,” explains Yeung.
Green Monday grew a global network of universities and schools who are reducing meat consumption. In partnership with an Albanian coalition of 37 universities, Green Monday helped to convert each school to a 50 percent plant based diet every day of the week. But the real success is Green Monday as a forerunner for this movement in Hong Kong, where the movement started. Not only has the city seen a 55 percent increase in vegetarian restaurants and a 23 percent shift in the population to flexitarian, they have even partnered with McDonalds to reduce meat consumption. Healthy eating and healthy living have become a citywide lifestyle.
“It is very important to have a voice like this in Asia where two-thirds of the population lives. Before Green Monday no one was talking about sustainability. We know we are pioneers in Asia, bar-none,” says Yeung.
There’s also the issue of cost in becoming a flexitarian institution. Theoretically, buying plants should cost less than buying meats. But, according to Yeung, it really depends on kitchen practices. Plants have a shelf life of three to four days and frozen chicken nuggets last forever. There’s also the political issue of government food subsidization.
“The playing field is not level between the meat and plant industries. The meat industry has an economy of scale and as horrendous as it sounds, the production of animal killing is optimized. In terms of cost, we are still fighting an uphill battle,” says Yeung.
With Costco as the biggest retailer of organics, Yeung does think it is becoming more affordable to have a plant-based diet. And though Green Monday doesn’t push its partners to source organics, half of Green Common’s market is organic.
Yeung is hopeful. Meat consumption has dropped eight years in a row in the U.S. and around the world, there’s a growing paradigm shift. Most of us that eat, at the least, believe that lowering a meat intake is good for our health. He believes the Green Monday movement is a key part of this.
“On a macro level, are we influencing the meat production of a country? We can’t claim this, but we are influencing it. Baby steps can make a big difference,” says Yeung.
Green Monday is part of the Social Venture Network and an aspiring B Corp. Check out David Yeung’s TEDx Talk in Hong Kong. See what they are up to at Green Common, Hong Kong. And if you’re a sustainable, food startup, Green Venture is open to hearing your pitch! Contact them at enquiry@greenmonday.org.
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Julie is passionate about telling the story of where business meets good. She is the Founder of B Storytelling, a content development company specifically designed to help popularize the good happening through business. They do this by helping Benefit Corporations and other social enterprises identify, build and leverage their brands. Julie has an MBA in Managing for Sustainability from Marlboro Graduate School. She lives a dual life in West Palm Beach, Florida and New York City.
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A draw at Fulham on Saturday; reports and stats tonight thanks to Jeff, Dave and Steve. News on an award for City, player views past and present and the usual requests.
Finally, the reserves contrived to throw away their excellent season’s work tonight in a dire game at Forest.
Next game: Birmingham City, home, 7.45pm Wednesday 20 April 2005
MATCH REPORT: FULHAM 1 MCFC 1
Psycho named a side unchanged from the one that started against Liverpool, but SWP replaced the unfortunate Croft on the bench. City kicked off with the Blue Army to their backs in the Putney End and proceeded to enter into a head tennis, keep the ball off the ground, game with Fulham for 15 minutes. When Fowler decided to bring the ball down he delivered a great cross to Sibierski who saw Reyna gleefully bang his rebounded header over the prostrate van der Sar.
Backed by a crowd as vociferous as a flock of dead sheep, the Cottagers managed to counter with some useful attacks; Dunne cleared a goalbound McBride effort, the very tall Zak Knight managed a couple of free headers from set pieces. City continued to lack punch up front with an offside Barton miss being the only notable effort. Fulham continued to press with the over-the-hill, ex-Rag, Mandy Pole fluffing his obligatory gilt-edged opportunity. The half ended as Boa Mortem ‘megged Dunney to find himself through on goal only to pay homage to Mandy by dragging a good chance wide of the post.
No changes for either side during the break and City had the advantage of attacking the City fans (well, not literally). Given their predicament near the bottom of the table, Fulham did raise the tempo, but not to a level that you would expect for a team needing points to ensure safety. Their crowd really were poor, only managing to excite themselves into a 10 second chant on 50 minutes before resting their tired lungs.
City defended well enough as the team in white shirts and a snazzy (not) black sleeve pushed. Unfortunately the Blues could not adequately clear their lines to muster a meaningful counter. As the game wore on Mandy P laughably missed another chance while we attempted to add to the humour with a couple of dreadful set-pieces i.e. short corner that resulted in an immediate throw-in and a long corner easily cleared by the 1st defender.
Barton then succumbed to a bout of cheekiness, wickedly turned his marker and threaded a ball through for Robbie to gleefully smash home with his left foot, but no. Fowler was on his right foot and missed by a mile to the encouraging, but undeserved, applause of the away fans.
Around the hour mark Fowler was replaced by SWP, who played as a striker. I assume Robbie was injured as the better option would have been to remove the ineffectual Sibierski. Coleman, not to be outdone, replaced Malbranque with (I’ve got a head the size of a lodging house cat) Radzinski and the banana footed Cole for Collins John.
A crucial point in the match was upon us when Barton played in Musampa who had his shot smothered by van der Sar. The resulting breakaway saw James spill a cross, after a foul by McBride, into the path of Boa Morte who rifled a shot into net for 1-1 on 75 minutes. The Fulham fans once again emerged reluctantly from their siesta to muster a couple of cheers, a dozen claps, two hoots and a cheeky jig to the stupid ‘goal song’ à la Middlesbrough.
City retaliated with a couple more disappointing set-pieces and Dunne was booked after a goalmouth scramble, which would have seen him score if he could have got the ball out from under his feet. Musampa then had a glorious chance to restore the lead when he found himself in space and on his favoured left-sided limb. Unfortunately he lacked composure and put his shot well over, leaving van der Sar untested. This was to be Kiki’s last contribution as he was substituted for BWP (again it would have been better to remove Sibierski).
As the game petered out, the large headed Radzinski continued the theme with a missed chance. The referee (who had been poor all game) blew for full time and drew an average game to a close. A draw was probably a fair result, but both sides would surely dwell on a host of missed chances.
Good points were that Barton was commanding in midfield, Dunne and Distin handled almost everything thrown at them and SWP played 30 minutes. Downside was Sibierski not seeming to know if he is a midfielder or a striker and not performing either rôle well. And obviously the rank finishing when chances pop-up.
Jeff Roycroft <jeff.roycroft(at)ntlworld.com>
MATCH VIEW: FULHAM 1 MCFC 1
The Robster is starting to look the part in the team, but still not a good enough return of goals. I always wholeheartedly support him on the pitch. However, I would still offload if we could get anything like our money back. It has taken him too long to still be achieving 1 in 4. BWP’s cameos are growing in confidence and I’d be happy to see him come on earlier now, or give him and Croft a run out from the off. I thought the sub yesterday would have been for Reyna, but when Fowler came off it did make sense. I bow to SP’s greater tactical awareness and think his subs have been good, if not a little too late at times. Knight was terrified every time the ball came near SWP and got anything on it to clear it away. The problem seemed to be our service to Shaun was poor. SWP looks like he has reached the point where he knows he is top dog. Not arrogant, just very confident and it is a joy to see a player fulfilling his potential. He will get another bite at England and I hope he carries this confidence with him on to the higher level. It will only be good for us. BWP will be the key to keeping him around and building a team that can challenge for honours. This is the only way we can justify keeping hold of Shaun and is exactly what we should be aiming to do.
The quality in midfield is way too short. We lost that battle for the last 15 minutes and were hanging on a bit. Joey Barton has been my player of the season (closely followed by Dunne, SWP and Distin in that order) and worked tirelessly again yesterday. However, he cannot carry the whole midfield for players to drift in and out when they fancy it. The game changed on Kiki’s second good chance. The endeavour is now there – criminal that it wasn’t there before. I’d give Bosvelt another year’s contract merely because I want some wholesale changes with Sibbo, Reyna, Macca, Negouai, Sommeil all shown the door. So Bozzy would keep a bit of stability. Musampa is looking good just because he has a left foot. I like it when he gets stuck in, and at times his challenges were full on yesterday. He is also tricky with his feet, but lacks any pace, and still stamina, to become an effective player in the Permiership. As soon as defenders suss him out, he’ll be spent, IMHO. Again, Owusu-Abeyie, Mila and Raziack look a good bet as a starter for ten.
Pleased again with Pearce. The job is his for the taking now. The board are playing it right for me. They made the call to make SP manager and to review it in summer. Changing any decision on the review time would be impatient and lose a position of strength for the club long-term. SP is planning for the future and the board will rubber stamp that with whatever support they can muster and the long term contract he deserves in the summer. At that time it will give the team the boost it needs for a renewed campaign where we can seriously target Europe and get in on merit. As soon as the stamp comes out, we can start wheeling and dealing to sort out the deadwood and add a bit of quality to a strong backbone.
Finally, news on the terrace yesterday was that we are monitoring the situation on Kiki’s brother Chris. Unfortunately he will not be available until around December!
Whatever you do, stay Blue!
Dave Clinton <daveclinton(at)kisit.co.uk>
MATCH STATS: FULHAM 1 MCFC 1
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Sat 16 April 2005
FA Premiership
Fulham 1 Manchester City 1
Craven Cottage
Kick-off 15:00
Team Changes: Shaun Wright-Phillips returns to action as a second half substitute.
Line-up: James, Onuoha, Dunne, Distin, Jordan, Barton, Reyna, Bosvelt, Musampa (B. Wright-Phillips, 86), Sibierski, Fowler (S. Wright-Phillips, 62).
Unused subs: Weaver, Mills, Thatcher.
Goal times: (20) 1-0 Reyna; (76) 1-1 Boa Morte.
Bookings: Dunne (82). Sent off: None. Referee: Neale Barry – 10th game in charge of a City match, and the first since the 3-0 defeat at Newcastle in November 2003. The only two wins under his control were the 2-0 win at Port Vale on September 10th 1996 (his first), and the fantastic 2-1 win at Anfield, the week before the last ever game at Maine Road in May 2003. His record: W2, D2, L6.
Comment: Good start for City, with Reyna scoring his 2nd goal in recent away matches, but Fulham largely controlled the second half after Robbie Fowler was replaced by Shaun Wright-Phillips on the hour mark, which effectively killed off City’s attacking threat.
Website update: Photo of Jonathan D’Laryea and photo/autograph of Kiki Musampa (taken at Fulham) have now been updated, along with more detailed birthplace info for D’Laryea, Onuoha and Flood.
MCFCStats: Did you know that 1-1 is the City’s most common League away result, which has now happened 245 times out of 2052 matches? In these away League games, City have scored 1 goal 733 times (35.72%), and conceded 1 goal 623 times (30.36%). The next most common away League result is 0-1, which has happened 189 times. Click MATCHES then RESULTS GRIDS for serious statistical breakdowns!
League matches played comparison – after 33 games played, City have 41 points, which is 7 more than the same stage last season. The sequence for the final 5 games last season was LDWLW (7 points). In short, one more point sees an improvement on last season.
League opponents like-for-like comparison – after 33 games, City’s performance in like-for-like fixtures (last season’s relegated teams replaced by this season’s promoted ones), is as follows: Better in 12, worse in 9, and the same in 12. The net effect is City are 5 points better off so far. In the remaining fixtures, City’s like-for-like results were DWDDL (6 points).
Steve Kay <steve(at)mcfcstats.com>http://www.mcfcstats.com/
MATCH REPORT: NFFC RESERVES 3 MCFC RESERVES 1
We managed to throw away any chance of winning the league tonight with an abject performance at the City Ground against a lowly Forest side. Line-ups below, City were again with Thatcher and Macca.
We should have known this was going to be a difficult task, given that the journey there involved a rather lengthy detour around West Bridgford and other Nottingham suburbs in a bid to evade Robin Hood or his modern day gun-toting equivalent. Once safely at the ground, the Forest staff were helpful and pleasant as usual.
We started well, and on 2 minutes Bermingham sent a rasping right-footed shot from 25 yards out into the top corner of the net. This is what we want. Croft and Ireland were harrying in midfield, and we were soon on the break gain with another Croft pass through to Bermingham but the flag happy linesman (presumably rehearsing for his May Day Morris Dancing routine) ruled the first of numerous City offsides. Forest then had a half attempt on our goal, which was swiftly followed by a great chance from the impressive Weir-Daley but fortunately Schmeichel made the save. The game seemed to be turning in their favour as City’s midfield were all over the place. McManaman soon gave the ball away and left City exposed on the right and Ekoku scored for the home side on 30 minutes. Thatcher then managed a careless foul on Hanson and was duly awarded a yellow card. Half time and a pep talk from the coaching staff could not come soon enough.
No changes were made, and we were devoid of ideas or cohesion on the pitch. Within a couple of minutes Forest were awarded a free kick just on the right side of the City area. The ball was lifted over the two man wall, onto the head of Fernandez and past Schmeichel. A nicely worked set piece and all credit to them. 2-1.
We then had a couple of attempts on goal thanks to Croft and Negouai combinations, but headers went just wide. Negouai was then replaced by young Miller, who saw another glancing header over the bar, and the ineffective McManaman was then replaced by Bennett. City then managed to put a bit of pressure back on Forest, with a free kick just to the right of the area taken by Thatcher, which sailed right past the goal and any blue shirts.
Forest rounded off an easy game for them as Bastians ran through completely unmarked into the City area, collected a pass and hit home to make it 3-1.
No idea what had got into City tonight, but despite the senior players doing well in last week’s home game, this week they were a hindrance. Were it not for the 16 year old Richards back in defence mopping up for the mistakes and pushing forward into midfield when possible, we could have been on the end of an embarrassing scoreline. It was impossible to tell just what sort of system or formation City were trying to play tonight, and sorry to go on about him but McManaman in midfield was working against us rather than for us in terms of confusing our own players rather than the opposition.
Looks like we will be making do with the Thomas Cook plate for this season’s silverware. Disappointed is an understatement.
City: Schmeichel, Warrender, Richards, Collins, Thatcher, Croft, D’Laryea, Ireland, McManaman (Bennett), Bermingham, Negouai (Miller).
Forest: Gamble, Hanson, Vickerton, Beaumont, Fernandez, Roberts, Wilmet, Jess, Ekoku, Weir-Daley, Bastians.
Heidi <editor(at)mcivta.city-fan.org>
OPINION: AWARD FOR CITY EXPERIENCE
Manchester City have won two awards in the Manchester Tourism Awards 2005.
The Manchester City Experience won Small Visitor Attraction of the Year and Business Tourism Award of the Year.
[Congratulations to Gary and the team at City – Ed]
Chris Hulme <comstad(at)ntlworld.com>
OPINION: MACKEN
Phil, I agree wholeheartedly with some of your comments about Jon Macken, but unfortunately I believe that he has wasted his chance(s). You’re right, against Charlton his hold-up play was top-class, a fact that many fail to recognise. It’s something that’s always mentioned in press articles about Macken – his hold-up play, but it really is good. It’s also something that Sibierski, Anelka (who was cr*p at it – watch the last OT derby and you’ll see what I mean) and to a lesser degree Fowler are less proficient at.
Watching the chances Macken missed against Charlton again, I noticed how he did much to make these chances for himself, carving up the defence with a clever one-two. However, Macken missed 2 great chances and 1 half chance in the 2nd half set up by Fowler, which he lacked the pace to get onto. If Macken had taken any one of those chances then the opinion would be one of praise rather than criticism, but ultimately he and Musampa cost City the game with their poor finishing.
I was all for giving Macken a chance last season and earlier this season as he’d never been given a long run in the team. But this season he’s made 15 league starts, 7 subs for 1 goal. One solitary, measly goal. Only once has a goal had its net ruffled by a strike by Jonny Mac.
In contrast, BWP managed to equal this staggering tally within 3 minutes of his Premier League début at age 19. He’s now only got one more goal to get before he breaks even with Macken’s all-time top flight record of 2! So I think that whilst Jonny is an ok squad player, he’s proven (to me at least) that he should be nothing more.
CTID, Nick Durham <nickdurham(at)hotmail.com>
OPINION: TRAUTMANN
I read with interest David Buxton’s article/translation in MCIVTA 1112 and would like to link in with what he says about Bernd/Bert Trautmann.
Interestingly enough, Herr Trautmann popped up in a programme that was commissioned by UKTV History called ‘1945’ . As a City fan myself I recognised Bert immediately. I work for BBC Broadcast via UKTV History and the channel has a season of programmes to commemorate V for Victory i.e. the end of the War in Europe.
There is a lovely interview with Bert and another former Wehrmacht POW talking about reconciliation after the war. The episode in particular focuses on the German POW’s in Britain once the war finished and what they did thereafter. There is wonderful footage of Bert standing on the steps of Manchester Town Hall after the 1956 Cup victory over Birmingham telling the adoring crown to hush. There is also the obligatory footage of Bert in action playing on despite a broken neck. There is much more too but perhaps most poignant of all is how Bert describes himself as ‘more’ British than German and how when he is in Germany he is often called ‘Tommy’ in light of his Anglicisation.
For anyone that is interested in WW2 History check it out. It is on UKTV History weeknights at 22:00 or visit UKTV’s website http://www.uktv.co.uk/ . It really is a moving interview and I would urge any City young or old to check it out. I do not have the exact episode details to hand but a search of the website should reveal all.
Long live Bert.
Paul Odusanya <Paulo(at)odusanyp.plus.com>
OPINION: BACK TO THE FUTURE
I think it was Dave Clinton’s article about the badge in the last MCIVTA and it got me thinking (whoever it was!).
Is it me or would anyone else like us to go back to what to me is the traditional circular badge of the 70’s 80’s and 90’s?
Graham Keller <gkmcfc(at)ntlworld.com>
OPINION: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
Well according to my company secretary, Amanda, Rae Ingram is now a salesperson for Vehicle Consulting, a leasing firm.
Joel Perry <j.perry(at)mondiale.co.uk>
REQUEST: SPARE BIRMINGHAM TICKET
I have a spare ticket for City Brum on Weds. Face value £25. Call me on 07966 157464. I can meet at Spiral V at 7:00pm – 7:30pm.
Philip Lines <philip.lines(at)2ergo.com>
REQUEST: DAVID BRIERLEY, ARE YOU THERE?
Browsing through the True Blue stories on the Supporters’ Homepage, I came across one by David Brierley way back from MCIVTA 610. I’m sure, from the content, that this is an old friend of mine from donkeys years ago and I’d like to get in touch with him again.
So David, last known in the USA, if you’re still reading McV or if anybody knows where he is, please can they get in contact with me?
Rob Gittins <RobGittins2000(at)aol.com>
REQUEST: AMSTERDAM BLUES VIEWING
I am hoping somebody out there can help me. I am trying to trace which Irish theme pub ‘Paddy the Blue’ runs in Amsterdam? I did have his address, but lost it!
As I’ll be in Amsterdam in early May, I’d like to pay a visit to the pub.
Any help you could offer would be most appreciated.
Eric Rawson <slicric(at)supanet.com>
REQUEST: WORLD CUP CHARGES
Any of you who are/were planning to go to the World Cup in Germany will by now have heard FIFA’s plans to charge anyone without a Mastercard (one of the competition’s sponsors) a surcharge for tickets.
This is something that the consumer group Which? have approached the FSF about, asking us to gauge fans’ opinions. We have therefore set up a very simple poll on the home page of our website http://www.fsf.org.uk/ . However, if Which? are going to be able to challenge FIFA legally, we need a result very quickly on this one (before next week, in fact).
With this in mind you would be doing us, and anyone planning to go to the World Cup, a massive favour if you could take literally a minute to vote in our poll, especially given that the vote is set up so that each visitor to the site can only vote once.
If you could also pass this e-mail on to any football fans you know, fanzines, webzines or other internet sites, it would also be much appreciated.
Peter Daykin, FSF
Written by Geoff from Manchester (does this give you a clue?).
I was born in Manchester, 10 minutes’ walk from Maine Road.
P.S. Sorry, but it’s got nothing to do with Wolverhampton, America, New York, Lower East Side, Mets, Jets, Wets, Pets, Vets, Yankees, Hankies, my favourite beer or the wife.
But I suppose that’s not annoying enough to get me into the fanzine.
[Shame he couldn’t or wouldn’t put his name to it then – Ed]
Geoff, or Peter <Peter.Tait(at)calanais.com>
Charlton Athletic 1 - 2 Bolton Wanderers 26,708
Crystal Palace 3 - 3 Norwich City 25,754
Fulham 1 - 1 Manchester City 21,796
Liverpool 2 - 2 Tottenham Hotspur 44,029
Southampton 2 - 3 Aston Villa 31,926
Birmingham City 0 - 0 Portsmouth 28,883
League table to 17 April 2005 inclusive
HOME AWAY OVERALL
P W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A GD Pts
1 Chelsea 32 12 4 0 31 5 13 2 1 31 7 25 6 1 62 12 50 81
2 Arsenal 32 10 5 1 43 18 11 2 3 30 15 21 7 4 73 33 40 70
3 Manchester Utd 32 11 5 0 27 7 8 5 3 21 12 19 10 3 48 19 29 67
4 Everton 32 10 1 5 20 14 6 5 5 19 19 16 6 10 39 33 6 54
5 Bolton Wndrs 33 8 4 4 21 13 7 3 7 22 24 15 7 11 43 37 6 52
6 Liverpool 33 11 3 3 28 13 4 3 9 18 21 15 6 12 46 34 12 51
7 Tottenham H. 33 8 3 5 30 20 5 5 7 11 17 13 8 12 41 37 4 47
8 Middlesbrough 32 7 5 4 23 18 5 4 7 22 25 12 9 11 45 43 2 45
9 Aston Villa 33 8 4 4 24 14 4 5 8 17 28 12 9 12 41 42 -1 45
10 Charlton Ath. 33 8 3 6 27 23 4 5 7 13 27 12 8 13 40 50 -10 44
11 Manchester City 33 6 5 5 18 13 4 6 7 21 24 10 11 12 39 37 2 41
12 Birmingham City 33 6 6 5 20 13 3 5 8 15 26 9 11 13 35 39 -4 38
13 Newcastle Utd 31 7 4 5 24 24 2 7 6 17 25 9 11 11 41 49 -8 38
14 Blackburn R. 32 4 7 5 19 19 4 5 7 9 18 8 12 12 28 37 -9 36
15 Portsmouth 33 7 3 6 24 22 2 5 10 13 29 9 8 16 37 51 -14 35
16 Fulham 32 6 4 6 20 23 3 3 10 18 29 9 7 16 38 52 -14 34
17 West Brom A. 32 4 7 5 14 21 1 6 9 17 31 5 13 14 31 52 -21 28
18 Southampton 33 4 9 4 25 25 1 3 12 11 29 5 12 16 36 54 -18 27
19 Crystal Palace 33 5 4 8 18 17 1 5 10 18 40 6 9 18 36 57 -21 27
20 Norwich City 33 4 5 7 25 31 0 7 10 10 35 4 12 17 35 66 -31 24
With thanks to Football 365
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[4] What is the club’s official web site?
The official club web site can be found at http://www.mcfc.co.uk/
[5] What supporters’ clubs are there?
Manchester City FC recognises three supporters’ clubs: The “Official Supporters Club” ( http://www.mancity.net/osc/ ); the “Centenary Supporters’ Association” ( http://www.reddishblues.com/CSAWebsite/CSA.htm ) and “The International Supporters’ Club” ( http://www.mcfc.co.uk/article.asp?article=111845&Title=International+Supporters+Club&lid=Membership ).
[6] Where can I find out about the fans’ committee?
The Fans’ Committee operates as an interface between supporters and the club. The Fans’ Committee has been relaunched as “Points of Blue”. It has appeared on the club website as a minor entry under “Fans Zone”.
[7] What match day broadcasts are available on the web?
The GMR pre and post match phone-in is available on the web at http://www.bbc.co.uk/england/gmr/sport_intro.shtml .
Live match commentaries and archives of games, reports and interviews can be found at http://www.mcfctv.com/ .
[8] Where can I find out if City are live on satellite TV?
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[9] Do we have a Usenet newsgroup?
Yes we do: uk.sport.football.clubs.man-city is our home on usenet. If you are not familiar with usenet, a basic explanation is available here: http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,289893,sid9_gci213262,00.html
[10] Do any squad members have their own web pages?
There are a number available and direct links can be found at http://www.uit.no/mancity/players/
[11] Can I buy shares in the club?
Yes you can: Shares in Manchester City PLC are traded on OFEX. The latest prices can be on found the OFEX web site http://www.ofex.com/ (registration required) or in the business section of the Manchester Evening News.
[12] Where can I find match statistics?
Statistics for the current season are available from the club site, but for a more in-depth analysis try http://www.mcfcstats.com/ .
[13] Where can I find a list of City-related websites?
Try Wookie’s Lair: http://www.wookieslair.com/modules.php?name=Web_Links
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More info on Nigerian plane
Nigerian plane: Misc
(Redirected to Drug smugglers' plane article)
Drug smugglers' plane
"Deus Ex Machina"
"Follow the Leader"
{{{Appearances}}}
Goldie & others.
Crashed and burnt on the ground
The drug smugglers' plane is the remains of a Beechcraft 18 airplane that crashed on the Island. It carried on board a Nigerian drug smuggler disguised as a priest, the body of a real priest and heroin hidden inside of Virgin Mary statues. It also had an on-board radio and maps of Nigeria.
1 Off the Island
2 On the Island
5 Prop
Off the Island
Drug smugglers' plane, getting ready to leave Nigeria ("The 23rd Psalm")
While in Nigeria, Eko, Goldie and Olu loaded the plane with Virgin Mary statues containing heroin to be taken out of the country. Eko's brother Yemi had come to warn Eko not to get on the plane. At this point, the military appeared and tried to stop the drug smugglers. Olu was gunned down by the military, and his brother was shot when he jumped in front of Eko, shielding him from the bullets. Goldie helped his wounded brother onto the plane, but then shoved Eko out and took off without him. ("The 23rd Psalm")
The Beechcraft crashes. ("Because You Left")
At some unspecified time prior to the crash of Oceanic Flight 815, the Beechcraft crashed on the Island. Before the crash, Goldie parachuted off, but ended up stuck in a tree and died. The plane, with only Yemi left on board, crash-landed on the edge of a cliff. ("Deus Ex Machina")
Nikki and Paulo were the first survivors of Oceanic Flight 815 to come across the Beechcraft shortly after the crash of their plane. They saw the drug smugglers' plane on the edge of the cliff, but Paulo refused to go up because he was sure it would fall. Nikki was far more interested in their own search for the diamonds and she made them leave. ("Exposé")
A short while after that, Locke saw the drug smugglers' plane in a dream, a vivid vision of the plane crashing, his mother, and Boone covered in blood. Locke then took Boone into the jungle, following his foresight. First they found Goldie's dead body hanging down from his parachute, followed by their discovery of the plane itself. Suspecting there could be a radio inside, Boone climbed into the plane at the behest of Locke, whose legs were not functioning properly at that time.
Locke helps the severely injured Boone out of the fallen plane ("Deus Ex Machina")
Inside the plane, Boone tried to send a distress call using the cockpit radio. As the plane began to tip from Boone's weight, he heard a return transmission on the radio. The plane then fell to the ground below, fatally injuring Boone. ("Deus Ex Machina") It was later revealed that the person on the other end was in fact Bernard, a survivor from the tail section of Oceanic Flight 815, using the radio they found in the Arrow. ("The Other 48 Days")
A few days later, Locke took Sayid to the wreckage of the Beechcraft, to show him that his story of how Boone fell was true. ("The Greater Good") A few days after that, Sayid and Charlie came by the plane when they were looking for Danielle Rousseau, who had abducted Aaron Littleton. Sayid, not knowing about Charlie's past as a heroin addict, showed him the Virgin Mary statues. Charlie secretly took one of the statues with him, and later returned for more. ("Exodus, Part 2")
Some time after the plane fell, Tom was tasked with moving it on top of the Pearl hatch. ("Exposé")
Upon finding one of the Virgin Mary statues in Charlie's possession, Eko urged him to take him to the plane. They stumbled across Goldie's dead body in the jungle, and Eko found the dead body of his brother Yemi inside the Beechcraft. He took the cross his brother was wearing, put a statue in his arms, and ceremonially burned the plane.
Some time later, Locke and Eko returned to the Beechcraft while looking for the question mark from the blast door map. They discovered that the plane was lying near a huge question mark on the ground marking the site of the entrance to the Pearl ("?") where it had previously been moved by Tom. Again some time later, Locke returned to the site along with Sayid, Desmond, Paulo and Nikki to find Eko and visit the Pearl. Eko investigated the plane and discovered that Yemi's body had disappeared, despite large boulders blocking the doors.
After Ben moved the island, Locke after being pulled through time, spies the plane swooping low over his head. Before the plane crashes, it spills a statue of the Virgin Mary before Locke. Locke then follows the smoke to the crash site, seeing it trapped up in the trees like it was prior to Boone making it fall. Locke yells up to the plane to see if anyone is still alive. Just as Locke is climbing the branches to the plane and calling for survivors, Ethan appears and shoots Locke. After falling to the ground, Ethan questions Locke regarding his identity. Just prior to a time flash and much to Ethan's disbelief, Locke tells Ethan that Ben made Locke their leader. After that flash, the plane is now on the ground as it was after Boone made it fall. Locke hears something in the bushes and reaches for his knife. Richard appears out of the jungle and immediately proceeds to remove the bullet from John's leg. Locke questions Richard on how he knew where to find him. Richard responds to Locke by telling him that he told him--or will tell him. Richard gives Locke the compass and tells him next time he sees Richard to give it to him. ("Because You Left")
Yemi's cross
Virgin Mary statues in the plane
Goldie--was thrown out of the plane when it landed
Yemi--burnt, and then went missing before "The Cost of Living"
Eko's Cross--Eko took this from Yemi's body
Virgin Mary statues containing heroin - numerous, mainly by or for Charlie, have been taken, others smashed
A radio used by Boone to make contact with the radio the Tailies had
A map of West Africa including Nigeria and the Sahara region
A variety of debris, including a box with the stencil, "Hilton Tool and Machine Co." and addressed to the Bronx
Damon Lindelof has stated that the crash was not button related, but was caused by the island's magnetic attraction.
The Beechcraft 18 has a range of 850 miles/1400 kilometers. The distance from Nigeria to Fiji is 11,000 miles/18000 km.
In "Fire + Water", an Easter Egg is visible for those who are viewing the episode in widescreen format. As Charlie is looking at the angels of Claire and his mother, the plane can be seen in the background coming in for a crash landing. (Season 2 DVD)
The plane has featured on the Island in all three Eko flashback episodes. Eko and Charlie find the plane in "The 23rd Psalm", Eko and Locke find the plane when searching for the Pearl station in "?", and Eko along with several other characters find the plane when visiting the Pearl in "The Cost of Living."
Two different Beechcrafts used, as evident from the different callsigns.
The actual Beechcraft fuselage prop used by the production crew is stored in the same Dillingham Airfield (Waialua, Hawaii) as the Lockheed L-1011 pieces.
The callsign of the plane in the runway scene was 5Z-GWN6. However, the callsign of the plane as discovered on the Island is N3785A. The 5Z- designation is used for Kenyan military aircraft (as compared to 5Y- for civilian) [1] [2] [3], whereas N3785A is the real callsign of the plane, which was a Beechcraft formerly registered in Maui, Hawaii.[4]
For fan theories about these unanswered questions, see: Drug smugglers' plane/Theories
What was the smugglers' original destination?
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Senate to vote on USMCA trade deal
Japan to toughen restrictions on exports to South Korea | AP business
by Joanna Estrada | July 02, 2019 | 00:26
While all eyes remain on the global trade war involving the Chinese giants such as Huawei and ZTE, Japan comes out of the blue with a decision that will make like harder for the South Korean tech companies that are now importing various materials used in making chips and smartphones.
"With South Korea, the trust which is the very foundation of the export control has been undermined", Jun Iwamatsu, the official in charge of export control at the trade ministry, told AFP. The report said the Korean companies could take this opportunity to streamline their inventories, as the chip and display industries are in a supply glut.
"The government will seek stern measures including legal measures in terms of worldwide and domestic laws, including filing a complaint with the WTO." said Trade Minister Sung Yun-mo after holding a ministerial meeting upon Japan's move.
A worker at a Japanese company that exports the material to South Korea bemoaned the time and effort it would take to file individual applications, saying it could lead to a drop in sales.
Until now, South Korea and Japan had an agreement in place that simplified the export procedure.
South Korea's exports decreased 13.5 percent in June from a year earlier, extending their on-year fall for the seventh consecutive month, data showed on July 1, due mainly to the prolonged trade row between the world's top two economies.
Three chemicals will be subject to the move: fluorinated polyimide, which is used in smartphone displays and other components; photoresist, a light-sensitive material used in semiconductor substrate; and hydrogen fluoride, which is used to wash semiconductors. Japan argues that the matter of forced labor was settled in 1965 when the two countries restored diplomatic ties.
"It is not a retaliatory measure", Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasutoshi Nishimura said, noting the measure came about because of overall difficulties in "maintaining a relationship of trust with South Korea in carrying out export controls". The three materials to be restricted are fluorinated polyimide, resist and high-purity hydrogen fluoride.
Japan produces about 90% of fluorinated polyimides and resists worldwide as well as about 70% of etching gas, making it hard for chipmakers to find alternatives, said the Sankei newspaper, which reported the plans on Sunday.
Lawyers for the plaintiffs have seized the Japanese firms' assets in South Korea through local courts, and are threatening to sell them if they continue to refuse to engage in compensation talks. Korea's major chipmakers and display manufacturers including Samsung Electronics, SK hynix, Samsung Display and LG Display are likely to be affected.
"As soon as we heard that the USA and China might ease the trade tensions, we are now faced with another risk from Korea-Japan relations", said an industry insider. South Korean exporters and experts urged the administration of President Moon Jae-in to step in and resolve the tension.
Cease-fire in US-China trade war doesn’t bridge differences
The bill blocks transfer of sensitive technology to China and prevents Chinese state companies from receiving USA federal funds. Esper - that China is a long-term strategic competitor. "Cooperation and dialogue are better than friction and confrontation".
Al Horford won't be lured by Kings' 'massive' offer
Horford averaged 13.6 points, 6.7 boards, 4.2 assists, and 1.3 blocks per contest across 68 appearances last season. In 2017 they spent considerable money on greybeards Zach Randolph and Vince Carter.
Meghan Markle steals the show at baseball in London
The Yankees went all out offering the new baby his very own jersey with his name on it and the number 19 for the year he was born. Before the game, the duchess told the Red Sox squad that she was "so glad they didn't ask me to do it".
Wimbledon is Roger Federer's best chance to win 21st slam: Mats Wilander
The No. 3 seed always faces the task of beating both men seeded above him - one in the semifinals, the other in the final. Nadal also appeared to send a message of protest to his own player association, the ATP.
Manchester United Announce Aaron Wan-Bissaka As Second
United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer made Wan-Bissaka a top priority this summer after right-back Antonio Valencia was released. His debut game was against Tottenham, and Wan-Bissaka's ensuing two outings came against Manchester United and Chelsea.
Leclerc plays down hopes of Ferrari fightback in Austria
I think we managed quite well our race so it shows that still everything is possible but it's just very hard ", he said. It is Ferrari's first pole in an Austrian GP since Michael Schumacher got it in 2003, but it was a bittersweet success.
‘Toy Story 4’ Continues Box Office Domination In Second Week Of Release
Directed by Danny Boyle, Yesterday found mostly positive reviews but only drummed up a $16.7 million opening weekend tally. In other box office milestones, Lionsgate's "John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum" crossed $300 million worldwide.
Madagascar 2-0 Nigeria: Super Eagles surrender Group B first place
However, it has been nearly eight years since the teams met during qualifying for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations . The runners-up of Group B will take on the runners-up in Group F on July 6, also in Alexandria.
Libya's Haftar loses main base south of Tripoli in surprise blow
The Tripoli-based Presidential Council in charge of the government said in a statement Gharyan was fully "liberated". His Libyan National Army (LNA) has not yet confirmed the loss, and details are still emerging.
Palace slap whopping new price tag on Zaha amid Arsenal interest
The same article states that Zaha is a childhood Arsenal supporter despite growing up next to Selhurst Park in south east London. But the Eagles are keen to turn a massive profit on Zaha should they decide to sell him.
Italy Arrests Captain of Charity Vessel Carrying Migrants
Italian Deputy Premier and Interior Minister, Matteo Salvini, attends a RAI state TV program in Rome, Wednesday, June 26, 2019. The 31-year-old German was filmed being led away by police in handcuffs.
Girl, 12, Contracts Flesh-Eating Infection During Family Vacation
According to Kylei's mom, her daughter had stuck her toes in the water, just a few days after scuffing her toe on a skateboard. Meanwhile, officials with the Florida Department of Health issued a statement about the reported incident.
Israeli Airstrikes Hit near Damascus - Syrian State media claims
Syria's air defense systems repelled a missile attack that targeted the cities of Damascus and Homs overnight into Monday. Previously, Syrian state news agency SANA reported that four civilians were killed, including a newborn.
Indian cricketers to sport orange jersey in England clash
There's bright sunshine, the baked pitch on the drier side with promise of more turn than usual. Smith had achieved the same feat in the 2015 World Cup.
No 'amnesty' for Huawei, despite Trump easing some restrictions
The incident has set off a deepening diplomatic row between China and Canada. He said smartphone sales outside China will fall 40 per cent.
How to Set Google to Automatically Delete Your Search History
You will only need to change these settings if you want to adjust the auto-delete frequency or disable it. From here you can select to "Keep until I delete manually", "Keep for 18 months", or "Keep for 3 months".
Tetris Royale is sliding onto iPhone and Android
Based on the description available, Tetris Royale sounds like it'll work similarly to Tetris 99 on Nintendo Switch . Tetris 99 is a solid battle royale game but, as of now, it's exclusive to Nintendo Switch.
Prince Harry, Meghan give MLB's 1st game in Europe a royal launch
They'll essentially play in a phone booth, with the centerfield wall and the gaps just over 380 feet away from home plate. He made it two-thirds of an inning, surrendering four hits, six runs and walking a pair.
Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Potion Brewing Tips!
Niantic employs a pretty witty strategy for Kathmandu to determine these points of interests: Temples. While that is the primary goal of the game, there are other (better) things to do.
Apple recalls 432,000 MacBook Pro laptops due to fire risk
Apple first issued a recall for these MacBook Pros on June 20 due to batteries that " may overheat and pose a fire safety risk ". If your computer is affected by this recall, stop using it immediately and contact Apple to schedule a free fix .
All Newark landings-departures stopped briefly because of 'airport emergency'
Newark Liberty International Airport has reopened after a United plane had to make an emergency landing Saturday morning. His plane, United Airlines Flight 2098, had been bound for Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport.
New Zealand vs Australia
Mitchell Starc took five wickets in the Kiwi innings after Usman Khawaja and Alex Carey rescued the Australian innings. Fast bowler Trent Boult finished the innings with a last-over hat trick on a used pitch offering movement and turn.
China Boosts US Purchases in Phase 1 of New Trade Deal
USA stocks rise ahead of signing of 'Phase 1' trade deal
Visa to acquire Plaid for $5.3 billion
Ford's China sales drop 26%
GM engineers accused of street racing Corvettes in Kentucky
USA stocks down after hitting record highs
Fed's Clarida sounds upbeat note on economic outlook
Bitcoin price set for a massive surge in 2020, report
U.S. Announces New Iran Sanctions On Senior Officials, Metals Industry
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Olympic capital
the Olympic City!
Lausanne offers the best aspects of a hip city, an historical old town, a holiday resort on the lake shores and an Olympic capital. It captivates you in the blink of an eye, whatever the purpose of your visit. But falling head over heels needs no justification!
Known for its unique setting on the shores of Lake Geneva and its title of Olympic Capital, Lausanne has many other treasures to offer. This fourth city of Switzerland has many different aspects, offering a historic old town called “La Cité”, a Gothic cathedral, a dynamic metropolis with modern districts such as Le Flon, a holiday destination with Mediterranean flair. The museum offers, theatres and other night-life places are on a par with the most beautiful European capitals.
Discover Lausanne and prepare yourself for an experience you won't forget in a hurry!
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Highlights of Lausanne
Whether by bus or by bike, on foot or on skates, discover Lausanne, Olympic Capital: museum visits, a stroll in the parks and gardens or along the floral quays, excursions on the lake or in the vineyards, sporting and cultural activities, a relaxing spa break, shopping and nights out. So let’s get exploring Lausanne and make sure we don’t miss anything!
and heritage
in Lausanne
Festive Lausanne
The agenda of Lausanne is one of the richest of Switzerland. Sport, culture, terroir, family: All areas are at the heart of celebrations, under the sign of sharing, discovery and emotions.
As headquarters of the IOC and many sports federations, Lausanne organizes first-rate competitions for professionals and amateurs. The spectators’ delight during these events creates an incomparable atmosphere.
In a different but just as intense atmosphere, cultural events let the mind travel. Even when the temperature drops, the magic of the Christmas season brings together thousands of people in the streets.
A cultural and historic city
In Lausanne, the number of museums and cultural offers is unique. Exhibition buffs are well served here: photos, paintings, sculptures, drawings or design objects.
The city is an open-air museum for history fans who stroll through the old town called “La Cité” and visit its splendid Gothic cathedral, while fans of architecture admire the century-old, contemporary or even futuristic buildings.
In the evening, there are many stages offering performances by actors, dancers or musicians, who transmit special emotions to an audience won over in advance.
Art de vivre in Lausanne
As a gourmet city, Lausanne is close to the countryside and its craftspeople, the fishermen on Lake Geneva and especially the Lavaux vineyards, which are part of the UNESCO World Heritage programme.
The best wines - including the famous white wine Chasselas - terroir products and lake fish are served in the best restaurants in town. So it is not surprising that the gastronomic addresses have an extraordinary number of Michelin stars and GaultMillau points.
Just have a stroll in the old town and the modern quarter called Le Flon to find terraces and restaurants offering appetizing dishes and exceptional wines.
Nature in the heart of the city
As a green city, Lausanne is proud of its parks where inhabitants and visitors come to relax. The museum and the botanical gardens are lush places that are accessible free of charge.
Not far from there, the waterfront neighbourhood of Ouchy abounds in natural spaces on the shores of Lake Geneva. From the landing stages, Belle-Epoque boats of the company CGN take passengers on a cruise around the lake, the most popular destination being the terraced vineyards of Lavaux UNESCO.
To discover the secrets of the freshwater fauna and flora without even leaving the city, the aquarium-vivarium Aquatis invites you to a trip to the five continents.
Lausanne Business Valley
As the Olympic capital, city of innovation and research, and an international economic city, Lausanne is a true place of business. At the crossroads of Europe, close to the international airport of Geneva, its accessibility is one of its many assets.
Offering more than 5,000 hotel beds and conference centres such as the innovative SwissTech Convention Center and the vast complex of Beaulieu, Lausanne's infrastructure is ideal for businesses. Universities, multinationals, as well as the tourist offer represent countless opportunities for discoveries during business trips.
Quick visit.
In order not to miss anything…
Are you short of time? No problem, Lausanne is a small-sized city that can be visited on foot!
In less than an hour, you can walk from the historic district of the old town (La Cité) to Tour de l’Ale, one of the last vestiges of the town’s medieval walls. The 10 stunning viewpoints on the Panorama walk will surprise you! Whereas the most relaxed way to discover the town is without doubt to stroll from a bucolic and hip café terrace to another.
Must-do walks
The most beautiful panoramas
The best summer terraces in Lausanne
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The shows are broken into the following judging categories.
Championship: Unaltered cats of at least eight months old compete for championship titles.
Premiership: Altered cats that would otherwise qualify for competing in the championship class compete for premier titles.
Provisional: Includes cat breeds that the CFA has not yet fully recognized. The CFA accepts breeds into this class temporarily on their road to full championship status. If a cat is of a breed in this class, it can compete to win Best of Breed but cannot go on to finals.
Kitten: Cats in this class are between four and eight months old (regardless of altered status).
Miscellaneous: Includes breeds that have not yet achieved provisional status. These cats cannot compete for awards.
Veteran: Cats of at least seven years old. Owners have the choice to enter these cats in other qualifying classes as well.
Household Pet: Any cat that has not been declawed, but has been altered and of at least eight months of age can enter this class.
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United States. Dept. of Justice 9
United States. White House 8
Clayton, Ed 7
Stills, David C. 6
Scretchin, Wilhelmina H. 5
Walker, Wyatt Tee 5
Greenwood, Miss. 3
LeFlore County, Miss. 3
Lynchburg, Va. 3
Montgomery, Ala. 3
Richmond, Va. 3
Denver, Colo. 2
Kansas City, Mo. 2
Long Island, N.Y. 2
McIntosh, Ga. 2
RDOC 1
Southern Christian Leadership Conference--publicity 9
MLKJP-GAMK, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers (Series I-IV), Martin Luther King, Jr., Center for Nonviolent Social Change, Inc., Atlanta, Ga. 9
EBCR-INP, Ebenezer Baptist Church, Miscellaneous Records, In Private Hands 8
Draft, Citizenship Education Program trains 212 people
7/1962-12/1962
Dorchester Center (Midway, Ga.)
American Missionary Association
Marshall Field Foundation
McIntosh, Ga.
SCLCR-GAMK
Southern Christian Leadership Conference Records, 1954-1970, Martin Luther King, Jr., Center for Nonviolent Social Change, Inc., Atlanta, Ga.
Draft, press release, ''An assessment by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. of the future in civil rights areas''
Clayton, Ed [Southern Christian Leadership Conference]
Kennedy, Jacqueline Bouvier
Memo to Editors, radio and television news directors
Moon, Henry Lee
Berry, Edwin C. [National Urban League]
Jackson, J.H. (Joseph Harrison) [National Baptist Convention of the United States of America]
National Urban League
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Collection, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Dig. file 001581-008-0638
Press release, ''800 protest use of dogs in Petersburg''
Gunter, David [Petersburg Improvement Association]
Cooley, Robert H.
Taylor, Willard [Petersburg (Va.) Police Dept.]
Powell, Grady [Gillfield Baptist Church (Petersburg, Va.)]
Knox, E. R. [Gillfield Baptist Church (Petersburg, Va.)]
Terrell, L. E. [Gillfield Baptist Church (Petersburg, Va.)]
Reid, Milton A. [Southern Christian Leadership Conference]
Coulton, Herbert [Southern Christian Leadership Conference]
Petersburg Improvement Association
Gillfield Baptist Church (Petersburg, Va.)
Virginia State University (Petersburg, Va.)
Petersburg (Va.) Police Dept.
Ahoskie, N.C.
SNCCP-GAMK
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Papers, 1959-1972, Martin Luther King, Jr., Center for Nonviolent Social Change, Inc., Atlanta, Ga.
10/7/2015 tenisha
Press release, ''An assessment by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. of the future in civil rights areas''
11/5/2015 corala
Press release, ''Birmingham Negroes Make Nonviolent Strike''
Connor, Eugene [Birmingham (Ala.). City Commission]
Birmingham (Ala.). City Commission
Britt's Department Store (Birmingham, Ala.)
Woolworth Department Store (Birmingham, Ala.)
Pizitz (Birmingham, Ala.)
S. H. Kress & Co. (Birmingham, Ala.)
Loveman's Department Store (Birmingham, Ala.)
SAVFC-WHi
Social Action Vertical File, State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis.
7/8/2015 tenisha
Press release, Citizenship Education Program trains 212 people
Press release, Coretta Scott King gives birth to fourth child
SNCCP-GAMK, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Papers, 1959-1972, Martin Luther King, Jr., Center for Nonviolent Social Change, Inc., Atlanta, Ga.
7/3/2012 kpp
8/24/2015 tenisha
Press release, ''Detroit rally reports cash''
Clayton, Ed
Ardrey, William Carleton
Franklin, C.L. (Clarence LaVaughn)
Convention Hall (Detroit, Mich)
Detroit Council for Human Relations
Press release, ''Dr. King at Ebenezer Sunday, special tribute to mothers''
King, Martin Luther, Jr. [Ebenezer Baptist Church (Atlanta, Ga.)]
Harris, Lucile S. [Ebenezer Baptist Church (Atlanta, Ga.)]
Blanche, Charles
Paschal, Alice
Sturgis, Rosa
Hunter, Marie
McCullough, Lornell
Thorton, Georgie W.
Stokes, Ollie
Robinson, Delores M. [Ebenezer Baptist Church (Atlanta, Ga.)]
Willingham, Thomasene [Ebenezer Baptist Church (Atlanta, Ga.)]
EBCR-INP
Ebenezer Baptist Church, Miscellaneous Records, In Private Hands
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Sports Jan 13
Pogba: Manchester United needed "to wake up"
It's not Paul Pogba's fault, it's just the way football is. Mourinho has been outspoken for a few weeks, leading to some criticism in the press who thought his comments about Manchester City were ludicrous. Martial curled the ball into the top corner from the edge of the area in the 57th minute after impressive play from Paul Pogba as Jose Mourinho's stuttering side finally came alive after the break following an uninspiring first-half display.
Nadal, Federer get top seeds at Australian Open
LeBron James: 'I've got too many sneakers to sell' to retire
Chelsea boss Antonio Conte lifts the lid on Jamie Vardy transfer rumours
Messi among top 10 scorers in Copa del Rey history
USA Hockey tabs Williamsville's Leggio for Olympic team
Gerrit Cole Traded to Astros from Pirates Amid Yankees Rumors
Olympia Ohanian Is Already Breaking Records As Vogue's Youngest Cover Star
Seahawks offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell fired, reports say
Eichel lone Sabres' representative at NHL All-Star game
Hedman and Kucherov will be making their second appearances. Green leads the Red Wings in average time on ice (22:39) and also places among team leaders with 20 assists (3rd), 13 power-play points (T2nd), 84 shots on goal (6th), 48 hits (5th) and 44 blocked shots (3rd).
Browns swipe Eliot Wolf from Packers front office
The Cleveland Browns have made a concerted effort over the last several weeks to refigure their front office with new personnel. The Browns will name Wolf assistant general manager. The Packers have signed eight players to futures deals: Bouagnon, linebacker Ahmad Thomas, guard Kofi Amichia, receivers DeAngelo Yancey, Jake Kumerow and Colby Pearson, tight end Robert Tonyan and long snapper Zach Triner.
Alabama Leading Rusher Damien Harris To Return For Senior Season
Alabama junior running back Bo Scarbrough will instead forgo his senior season to enter the NFL Draft, according to AL.com sources . Ridley made his announcement on his Twitter account on Wednesday, two days after the Crimson Tide beat Georgia in the National Championship Game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.
Patricia to Giants? "All Signs" Point to 'Yes'
The New England Patriots defensive coordinator was thought to be a sure-thing to end up the Detroit Lions head coach, according reports. However, it's Patricia , a NY native and former offensive lineman, that is believed to be favored by new general manager David Gettleman who, according to the Daily News , is keen on fixing the Giants' offensive line and improving the franchise's culture.
The Mole: Details emerge of Kato Ottio's tragic passing
Australian media reported that Ottio collapsed after a long training run with players from the PNG Hunters in Port Moresby and died later in hospital. The Papua New Guinea worldwide had only signed for Widnes in December from Canberra , where he was a regular in their feeder team. Ottio spent the duration of his time at the Raiders with the club's feeder team, the Mount Pritchard Mounties, in the New South Wales Cup.
Arsenal Set Alexis Price-Tag As City Prepare To Move
Arsenal are now in a tight fix in regards to the contract situations of both Mesut Ozil and Sanchez , and it may not come as a huge surprise, should one of the pair, most probably Sanchez leave before the end of the month. Manchester City are said to be confident of landing the Arsenal man for as little as £25 million. It comes as a major boost to City, as it means he will not be cup-tied for the later rounds.
Kawhi Leonard Shoulder Injury Diagnosed as Partial Tear, Says Gregg Popovich
The Blazers secured a narrow 111-110 victory over the visitors who were without Kawhi Leonard , Tony Parker, Danny Green and Rudy Gay. It's been an injury-riddled stretch for San Antonio Spurs forward Kawhi Leonard, from an ankle issue that ended his season during last year's playoffs to a quad injury that delayed his 2017-18 season debut until December 12.
Svitolina wins Brisbane; Kyrgios beats Dimitrov in semis
Kyrgios came back from losing the first set to win 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 and set up a decider against American Ryan Harrison. A week later Harrison and Kokkinakis had to be separated by officials during a fiery match, with Harrison reportedly saying "Wawrinka should've decked Kyrgios and I should deck that kid."But apart from Kyrgios's frustration with Harrison leaving the court at the end of the first set, there was no evidence of tension and the two shook hands warmly at the end of the match".
Packers hire Brian Gutekunst as general manager
After 13 years, Green Bays' general manager Ted Thompson stepped down from the position on Tuesday and reports immediately began to surface regarding the Packers' interest in Schneider. Two other names had been linked to replacing Thompson in Green Bay. The Green Bay Packers' general manager search didn't last too long. Brian Gutekunst was in demand elsewhere .
Oakland Raider's recycling program: Jon Gruden returns as head coach
Gruden's 10-year, $100 million contract is the richest in National Football League coaching history and matches Tom Landry and Jimmy Johnson (both with the Cowboys) for the longest, the Times reported. For ESPN , Gruden was present for the 2010 Rose Bowl and 2010 BCS National Championship game for ESPN radio. From there he became more involved in commentary, and has been a member of the Monday Night Football crew since 2009 serving as a color analyst.
Real Madrid 9/20 to beat Celta Vigo in Sunday's La Liga game
Madrid travel to Celta Vigo on Sunday, having lost their last LaLiga fixture before the winter break 3-0 at home to Barcelona , resulting in Zidane's men slipping 14 points behind their rivals. "We're trying to get out of this mess and we're working to do that, but we don't like this at all". "In two years, no player has arrived in that position and [in June] we can discuss it".
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Trauma is the leading cause of death in people ages 1-44 in the nation and it accounts for 47% of all deaths in this age group. In Michigan, crash related deaths alone cost $1.04 billion per year. The overall goal of a trauma system is to reduce the incidence and severity of injury as well as to improve health outcomes for those who are injured.
Michigan has been engaged in formal trauma system development since 2000. The vision for Michigan is a regionalized, coordinated and accountable system of emergency care that ensures the right patient gets to the right place at the right time. The 2004 Trauma System Agenda for the Future states, “The concept of inclusive trauma care systems promotes regionalization of trauma care, so that all areas of the country receive the best possible care. Equally important, an inclusive trauma care system must identify high-risk behaviors in each community and the population groups at risk for injury so that the system can provide an integrated approach to care that is responsive and appropriate to local needs”.
The Trauma Services Section Statewide Trauma System Administrative Rules describe the components of the Michigan trauma system. The system includes eight regional trauma networks comprised of local Medical Control Authorities within the region which integrates into existing regional preparedness. The regional trauma networks are responsible for the oversight of the trauma care provided in each region of the state. Further information about the components of the Michigan trauma system including data collection, the process of verification and designation of trauma facilities, and more information about the trauma networks including the trauma network work plans cited in the Trauma Facility Request for Designation Applications can be found in the following sections.
Click on the links below for details.
Details regarding the Trauma and EMS advisory committees
Contact information for the State Trauma Manager and staff
Information on the process to become designated as a trauma center
Background information on Michigan?s trauma system
resources to assist in the designation process
Information regarding the regional trauma system and Regional Trauma Advisory Committee
Resources for site reviewers
Available grants to support trauma system development
Information on the state?s registry of designated trauma facilities
Trauma Quick Links
Trauma Facility Verification and Designation
Michigan Criteria
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2015 Toyota Fortuner 3.0l 4x4 automatic review
Rishaad Mody | Published: January 19, 2015, 05:48 PM IST
The past couple of years have been quite busy for the Rs 20-30 lakh SUV segment. We've had the Rexton, CR-V, Yeti and the Santa Fe all come in new or refreshed forms. And all this while the segment king, the Fortuner was sitting idly by, but Toyota have finally woken up and decided to do something about it. In a better-late-than-never move, they've finally given the top end 3.0-litre 4WD variant an automatic gearbox so you can finally have a capable Fortuner without having to change gears yourself. Enough to keep the big Toyota relevant in a sea of modern competition? Let's see.
Toyota have given the big Fortuner some small visual tweaks including slightly smoked out head and tail lamps in addition to giving the fog lamps chrome bezels. The overall look is completed by new 12-spoke dark grey alloy wheels that, coupled with the new Mica Grey colour, give the Fortuner a particularly menacing presence on the road. As if it wasn't already one of those vehicles that make road users scurry out of its way. The interiors are familiar but are now in an all black theme with a little wood garnish on the dash and door pads adding some class. The look is simple and rather dated but Toyota makes up for it by making sure there are plenty of creature comforts. This, being a top end model, gets cruise control, auto xenon headlamps with washers, a reverse camera, power adjustable driver's seat and a new touchscreen infotainment/navigation unit that now features voice control. However, the unit looks like an aftermarket add on and is also a little slow to respond. Nevertheless it offers comprehensive connectivity options including AUX, USB and Bluetooth. The seats are comfortable, there's lots of space in the middle row and with the bearably spacious third row folded up, you have access to a massive storage area. Boring looks aside, the Fortuner interior makes sure you're comfortable and you don't really feel wanting for any features.
What's new is the 5-speed torque converter that is similar to the one in the 4x2 variant
Interior has all the features you need but they're starting to look their age. Quality is still good though
The 3.0-litre engine carries over unchanged and produces the same 171PS and 343Nm. The engine is smooth, punchy and not too clattery but it's still quite loud inside the cabin. What's new is the 5-speed torque converter that is similar to the one in the 4x2 variant. It's an old school box with a slushy feel that results in complete smoothness and reasonable response times. It doesn't generate instant response but that's not what the big and soft Fortuner is about. The gearbox adds about 30kg to the Fortuner's weight but performance is very similar to what we got on the automatic 4x2 variant with a sub-12s run to 100kmph and a top speed just short of 180kmph. The gearbox doesn't give you the option of manually shift but you can hold on to fourth, third or second gear, depending on the requirement. It's not ultra modern but its is effective and perfectly matches the Fortuner's nature of being a brisk but unhurried SUV that's much happier cruising at high speeds than trying to set acceleration times. Fuel efficiency is again quite close to its rear wheel driven sibling and the overall figure of 11.7kmpl is fair for a vehicle of this size. Plus the 80-litre fuel tank will see long gaps between visits to the fuel station and easily achievable 1000+km highway stints.
Dark wheels make for a sinister look
Dynamically not much has changed. The car feels soft, irons out most bumps and overall ride is quite comfortable. The steering is hefty but not overly so and the commanding driving position makes it easy to manoeuvre this behemoth in traffic. High speed behaviour is rock solid and the brakes offer very smooth and progressive performance. Off-road capability is still superb as you have an option of a low ratio gearbox but its not a shift on the fly unit.
The Fortuner may be old but she still holds her own in the company of newer rivals. It is still one of the most capable ladder frame based off-roaders you can have at this price (Mitsubishi/HML isn't doing much with the Pajero Sport) and now offers the convenience of an automatic. If you place capability over design but still want your creature comforts then the Fortuner is still seriously worth a look. It's not cheap but it's also not the most expensive in the segment (we're looking at you Santa Fe). Overall, the Fortuner still remains a unique proposition in a sea of soft roaders and that should be enough to tide it till the next generation arrives in 2016.
Toyota Fortuner 2018 Full Spec
Price (Ex-Delhi)
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In the previous thread, someone said this about Schliesser:
"i can attest to callous and destructive actions toward low status women in the profession."
Care to tell us more?
I don't know about his actions toward women. I do know that Schliesser has an overtly contemptful attitude toward people with Autism Spectrum Disorder. He despises autists, and he also uses the word 'autist' as a slur against neurotypical people with poor social skills.
When the 'anti-ableist' New Consensus is led by an overt ableist, this tells you most of what you need to know.
Joshua Cohen just wrote a little post on bullshit v. execrable bullshit. When you compare the libertarians publishing again and again the very lines that (should, given a wider audience) embarrass them, when you compare even the handful of tweets that make RM a recurring source of discussion- to just "float" the idea that there is something wrong with Schliesser is certainly execrable.
Or someone has a story about ES but can't tell it for fear of being identified.
Why was my comment about Schliesser's overt spite toward people with Autism Spectrum Disorder removed? I wasn't 'floating' anything, that is exactly what he does.
Aw yeah, that anti-autism thing is pretty mean.
Did Eric Schliesser not publicly call for his colleagues to be purged and thrown out of their jobs? His conduct is unethical. He abuses his status and power to behave like a judge and a police officer, purging and inflicting suffering on others. And consider the deep irony, by comparing what was done to Baruch Spinoza by the judgmental bullies of his day.
Status and power? OK... but even that you feel this way about him is no evidence that he is secretly some kind of "creep" (whatever that means) to women. That part is just wishful. Very unlike reacting to people's own published/ tweeted words.
2:28, I am not the person calling him a "creep"; someone else is. I am the person referring to Schliesser's abuse of his power and status in publicly calling for purges and bullying of his colleagues.
What's the autism thing? Link?
People use "autistic" as pejorative to call some self-absorbed, or disconnected from the outside world. Tbh, I have no idea if Schliesser uses the term. I should have said that. I just meant that it's a really mean thing to do.
I've heard Schliesser say things like "I don't know if he's a f*ckin' autist or what."
I'm pretty sure there are more people here who heard him because he does it in public and he's not shy about it.
It's interesting how the New Consensus crusade for 'social skills' is implicitly an ableist campaign against people with Asperger and other socially impairing conditions.
"They're scaring the womyn!"
ive heard him also make vigorous cases to take away funding low-status junior women so they cant attend conferences
I heard it said anonymously on PMMB, so it must be true!
12:28 says "ive heard him also make vigorous cases to take away funding low-status junior women so they cant attend conferences"
Was he saying that about low-status philosophers in general, or was he targeting a specific low-status woman?
Thoughts on the CDJ placement data?
Is there any new data?
The data on page 12 will be of special interest to some readers here. If I read correctly, this isn't confirmed placement data by gender, but it is something quite close (guessing someone's gender by their first name):
Obtained academic placement within 2 years
No 412 119
Yes 269 138
"62% of female candidates and 53% of male candidates eventually find permanent positions, with 49% of female candidates getting placed in those positions in their first year on the market, compared to 39% for male candidates."
And then they say young males shouldn't be annoyed? If the profession is so keen on rebalancing the gender ratios they should take away the jobs of the older males who surely benefitted from sexism a lot more.
I guess, if academia is a market of sorts, there could be more demand for a woman philosopher for the reasons of a. appealing to students b. making the field look less obviously sexist to please administration, parents, etc. I am surprised this ratio isn't greater, actually. But graduate schools probably do not have any reason to admit students on the basis of a. and b. And they are still placing mostly men, so...
Here's the most striking gender result, to my mind, quoting from the report (it isn't made clear what exactly is being reported to be "statistically significant"):
The intercept tells us that the odds for male participants to have a reported permanent academic placement within the first two years after graduation are statistically significant at .37, p < 0.001 when year of graduation is held constant. The odds for female participants to have a reported permanent academic placement are 1.85, p < 0.001 when graduation year is held constant
"If the profession is so keen on rebalancing the gender ratios they should take away the jobs of the older males who surely benefitted from sexism a lot more."
Ain't that the truth. There are some dummies taking up space that need to go emeritus, like yesterday. My tone might sound a bit satirical. Let me assure you, I am not joking.
I would love to see the mental gymnastics that would unfold if the New Sexists were actually forced to try to evade this nice little reductio with evidence and reason (rather than the standard mix of insults, threats, and nonsensical bluster).
8:19 September 1, 2015 at 4:36 PM
Feminist here. 7:12's claim wasn't anti-feminist, it was anti-establishment.
I don't see in what sense 7:12's comment was a reductio. Is your point that taking away the jobs of older males is absurd? (Is that your absurdum?)
I mean, it is, but not in the relevant way.
Yeah, I've just confused myself. Anyway, what did you mean?
An academic male in their mid 40s will have experienced only anti-male sexism, for two decades. Why should someone who has experienced two decades of discrimination have their job taken away?
10:50 the reasons that women might be more marketable than male philosophers are because there are so few of them. Why are there so few of them? What could it be? What could it be...
"there are so few of them""
This is a conspiracy theory: a myth invented by political activists. Around 30% of women choose at age 18/19 to study philosophy. This is a reflection of their interests and aptitudes. This remains roughly stable as one progresses. The factual evidence shows that all discrimination in academic philosophy is anti-male, and this has been true for decades.
People seem to have strange ideas as to how long Affirmative Action has been operative in philosophy.
Certainly for the last 35 years it has played a major role in hiring. Almost certainly it started even before that -- back in the 70s, at least.
Activists always seem to want to pretend that just a few years back, things were horribly sexist or racist all around. Yet the fact is that these issues have been in the forefront of academic hiring for so long that virtually no one active today in the academy has been in their field in a time before such concerns weren't being seriously addressed.
It is rather telling that in some fields rather little progress has been made. 35 years or more of Affirmative Action hasn't turned the trick. Why anyone would expect that another umpteen years might is beyond baffling.
"things were horribly sexist or racist all around"
Quite. It is a conspiracy theory, promoted by political activists. No evidence has ever been given, and anyone who has worked in philosophy for a couple of decades knows this, having seen case after case after case of men being discriminated against. All the objective evidence points the opposite way: all discrimination in academic philosophy, at each level, is anti-male.
Well, hang on, I've been in the biz some 20 years, and frankly the amount of lobbying pro women has never been remotely as strong as in the last five-seven years or so.
Anti-male discrimination - special treatment, lower workload, special deals and favors, preferential hiring and promotion - has been the norm in all cases I have seen over the last two decades. True, in the last five to seven years, the activists have become pathological in their hysteria, conspiracy theories and witch hunts, which we've seen over and over again.
But even so, anti-male discrimination has been a constant factor of life in academic philosophy for as long as I can remember, particularly in hiring and workload matters. Women generally receive lower workloads, complain if asked to do what men do without question, are given more leave, and are routinely hired over better qualified men.
8:29 PM September 1, 2015 at 8:17 PM
10:44 AM,
The thought was that the justifications typically offered for hiring female candidates over equally or better qualified male candidates would seem to justify - indeed, would seem to even more strongly justify - forcing older male professors into early retirement. Which is absurd. Therefore, etc.
Perhaps you think that there's a normatively relevant difference between the two policies that makes the second ultima facie unjust but not the first. If so, then let's hear it.
11:05 up at Daily Nous the two studies we have that might be related to why women don't study philosophy in greater numbers are linked. How in the world would you know better? What is wrong with the studies that you can see. Will you tell us? Otherwise, I think you are just making an explanation up, my friend.
Women enter the study of philosophy, as undergraduates, at a rate of about 30%.
I, anonymous feminist, don't think that older men should have their jobs taken away either. I've been using a lot of hyperbole for the last 3-4 hours. Carry on.
Actually, Paxton's work puts it at over 40%, and almost 35% majors...
I happen to know the current first year undergraduate enrolment at a major UK university. It is 31%.
Paxton looked at loads of universities and it tracked faculty ratio. Maybe your uni is light on women faculty?
How could the proportion of female faculty play any causal role in the percentage of applicants? By by some kind of Patriarchic Radiation?
Toxoplasmotic Fit September 1, 2015 at 10:34 PM
A more plausible explanation than Patriarchic Radiation is that applicants look at faculty profiles on department web pages before they apply to departments. It may then be the case either that female students are more likely to apply where they see faculty who have some identity-element in common with them, or that they see the kinds of things studied by female faculty and those correspond well with what female applicants are more likely to be interested in.
Two utterly bizarre hypotheses, of course, but while we're throwing around outlandish thought experiments....
maybe the undergrads are worried about harassment. sexual harassment goes up when sex ratios are off, for both men and women.
Grow up. Undergrads have never heard of "harassment" until they meet the local conspiracy theorists.
yeh, fems invented rape, too. give me a break.
Yeah, because women don't rape and assault people? Feminist philosopher Anna Stubblefield is accused of repeatedly sexually assaulting a disabled man who is unable to give consent.
"for both men and women"
So explain why female rapists get the "it's complicated" excuses. Whereas a Nobel Prize winning scientist makes a joke and is witch hunted and life ruined?
It's been awhile, but when I was an undergrad applicant (both freshman and transfer) the number of women in a department never occurred to me (as a female). I was no more interested in a class because a woman was teaching it, and I never worried about being harassed by a male professor. From conversations I can recall about professors and class selection, these didn't seem to be major concerns for others I knew, either. We mostly worried about topic, scheduling, and whether or not someone was known to be fair/clear or unfair/confusing.
By the end I had noticed that I preferred male professors because they tended to be more laidback, but that is another matter. (I never knew if my female professors were less laidback from the start or if they were made that way by academia.)
Anyway, as an applicant, I cared about location, size/type of school, and rankings. Gender didn't come into play until I got there and encountered modern feminism with its herstory months and weird spellings intended to stick it to the patriarchy. ("We put the y in womyn because fuck men, right? No, not literally! Haha.")
4:00 if you'd read the research, the effects are subconscious.
"if you'd read the research, the effects are subconscious."
Yes, the "research" shows that unobservable Patriarchic Radiation affects the subconscious.
So I subconsciously gravitated towards departments with certain gender ratios, despite never looking up how many men or women were teaching in a specific department? You seem to be forgetting that many undergrad applicants do not know what their majors will be. I certainly didn't.
(In the US, that is. I know other countries ask that their new university students bring a little more direction with them.)
No, jesus there is an literature on this. Start with stereotype threat. Read. Try reading research on this topic.
7.46: Looks like you missed the memo; this mantra doesn't work any more. Read. Try reading very recent research on social psychology in general and stereotype threat in particular.
ARG comments, on the swarm. CDJ data is a major trigger for the ARG.
"ARG comments, on the swarm. CDJ data is a major trigger for the ARG"
Why do you think that only men deserve to be attacked by bees, 10:43? Is it because you love Stubblefield so much? Learn science at kindergarten, which you need to go back to. Idiot.
Looks like Ms Tinfoil is back.
*explosion*
I prefer this picture of both of us, 10:50.
Wait: that pic was of me with my BFF 10:58 = ARG. But 10:50, you did make me lol.
Pg 11: In terms of differencethe odds of having a reported permanent academic placement are 85% greater for females as compared to males.
Presumably, the null hypothesis here (for being female) is that the odds ratio for being female is 1.0. Since the p is reported as being <0.000, and, more precisely, the z value is 3.64, the likelihood that the null hypothesis is true is basically infinitesimal. Put another way, it's essentially impossible that females don't have a higher probability of having been hired for a permanent position.
Oh, I forgot I was 8:17. Right, but what is the idea of the significance claims and numbers for men and women separately? What does this mean:
"the odds for male participants to have a reported permanent academic placement within the first two years after graduation are statistically significant at .37, p < 0.001"
Aaand... Leiter comes out in favor of the metabros!
it's interesting material, and will be of particular interest, I imagine, to those concerned with the role of gender in hiring.
genderandprestige blogger analysed the previous CDJ data six months ago, and got the right answers - pro-female bias in philosophy job hiring. Naturally, the response to the evidence, from the Daily Whine and the tin foil feminists, was silence.
There is so much information missing though, about those female candidates. That recent study on women in STEM showed only at the highest level of performance were women favored. The majority of competition is from other men, too. No sour grapes toward them? How do you know why they were favored for the job?
lemoine doing good work as always on DN
Indeed, while feminist commenter "babygirl" makes the claim "I see no reason to have this expectation, unless we think that the number of publications is the measure of a quality of a candidate."
Now the 2012 and 2013 hiring data itself showed,
- "Women hired had published less than men did, in fact about half as much."
- "The average publication rate for women hired was about 0.8."
- "The median number of publications for a woman hired was 0."
- "The average publication rate for men hired was about 1.5."
- "The median number of publications for a man hired was 1."
- ".... a majority (54%) of women hired had no publications, as compared with 40% of men."
- "For the Top 15 journals, 27% of men hired had at least one such publication, while only 11% of women hired had at least one. For these journals, the average publication rate for men hired was 0.42 publications, while for women hired it was only 0.14 publications."
When prestige was included, the gender bias was even more pronounced. Classifying the applicants as "alpha" and "beta" according to Leiter prestige, the publication rates amongst those hired in 2012 and 2013 were
- Beta-males: 1.7
- Alpha-males: 1.3
- Beta-females: 1.1
- Alpha-females: 0.6
So, the most privileged females published at only one third of the rate as the least privileged males.
But "babygirl" is right. Current political ideology being as it is, the publication record of an academic is not a "measure of a candidate". The evidence shows that the correct measure is "being a privileged women". If the candidate satisfies that crucial "measure of quality", the candidate is hired, even if the less privileged male competitor has twice or three times as many publications.
I find it hilarious that for years idiots have been insisting that, absent so-called 'objective' evidence, one was unjustified in stating what anyone with a room-temperature IQ could already see what was plainly there to be seen: comparatively unqualified women are routinely hired over men.
What happens now that the evidence is in?
These same idiots now shift the goal posts, either by simply ignoring the evidence that is finally in, or else by denying that things like publications should matter in hiring decisions.
You have to love this!
As Kierkegaard said, 'There's nothing the world loves more than a subtle hypocrisy.'
True indeed.
Only the hypocrisy here isn't even subtle.
I don't know.... most research level philosophy papers aren't that useful to anyone. Critical thinking, however, now that benefits everyone.
Whatever. Gotta go write a philosophy paper now. :/
Speaking of critical thinking, I don't think anyone was suggesting that women don't have a bump up in virtue of being women. Someone merely suggested that "number of publications" as a kind of "control variable" is idiotic, since the quality and desirability of publications varies considerably, and so a crude measure like number of pubs shows absolutely nothing, "controls" for absolutely nothing. It's about as relevant to the hiring data as height (which might also correlate in certain ways with gender, and have some significant correlations with other factors, none of them independently interesting)
that "mere suggestion" is actually what's idiotic. "it varies a bit so let's not measure it, it must be as unrelated as [something really unrelated" - no, actually, as EVERYBODY knows, it's actually taken into account in hiring decisions, so it's per se useful information, and the gender disparity is per se interesting. your point about variability just shows that it's not a knock-down case (i.e. if you demonstrate that the articles by the women hired are ACTUALLY in more prestigious journals, not just point out that they MIGHT be, you will have offered an alternate explanation of the data)
people here seem completely unwilling to understand the difference between abductive and deductive reasoning. next time you think you have a point to make, i hope you instead realize that you're not pointing out any sort of subtlety others have missed, you're just kind of slow intellectually. thanks.
The actual gender disparity in publication rates amongst those hired for higher quality journals is explicitly stated above. Amongst those hired, men publish at roughly three times the rate women do in higher quality journals:
"For the Top 15 journals, 27% of men hired had at least one such publication, while only 11% of women hired had at least one. For these journals, the average publication rate for men hired was 0.42 publications, while for women hired it was only 0.14 publications."
How is publication taken into account? In my own department I can think of several times where a (male) candidate was ranked more highly despite having zero publications (the appeal was always personality and being trained by someone important at a top school). This is in a market where many applicants have 6-8 major publications.
Anecdotes do not prove anything about statistical trends.
2:34, don't question the reigning orthodoxy here! Subtleties like the ones you are pointing to have no place in this discussion, which centers around how things are maximally bad for all males because of the females.
You are presented with objective data covering job hiring in 2012 and 2013, listed by 1:03. How is this an "orthodoxy"? The response at the ideologically driven blogs is silence.
The point of the anecdote is that you have no possible way of knowing the role publications play in hiring. Given how much you are just making up, I could take the same data and push the line that a percentage of men in philosophy have personality defects that make them difficult to hire. It's just as easy as what you are doing. Stick to the data and you won't be able to assume "the role publications play in hiring."
The point of the data that you wish to ignore is to present you with objective evidence concerning the gender disparity in publication counts amongst those hired. You may ignore this data if you wish, but it won't go away.
You're quite right about the low IQ of those who argue that average publication rate means nothing as to the average quality of the candidate. Always the argument is some stupid counterexample that misunderstands the point of statistical inference at all.
It has always struck me as a basic defect in the training of philosophers that they always learn some deductive logic, but almost never any statistics. Yet just about everything interesting that we learn about the real world must be learned via statistical inference, not deductive inference. If you're going to understand and talk about knowledge, I don't know how you can do it without some sense of statistical inference.
One spends over half one's time on boards like this explaining to ignoramuses how statistical inferences work, and what statistically couched statements mean.
3:13pm,
I totally agree re: stats and philosophers. I think it should be a requirement for grad programs.
In recent years I've thought more and more that the low regard for the study of math in general, and statistics in particular, is more detrimental to our (the population's) overall well-being than people realize. The aversion to numbers is so extreme that I could sit in a cafe doing basic arithmetic, and someone would see it and exclaim, "Math is so hard! You must be really smart. I couldn't do that."
The "I couldn't do that" is absolute nonsense. I would say it's an excuse, but I think they believe it. And that's sad. 100% of people I've surveyed think it's sad.
2:50 --- we're discussing what this data means. Women get a bump up. Some are making the *additional* suggestion that female candidates are, on average, of lower quality than male candidates (this is the upshot of Lemoine's suggestion on DN) as evidenced by the fact that they publish less before getting hired. I, and others, like babygirl on DN) are taking issue with this suggestion. They might publish less, on average, because they are on the market for less time. They might publish less because they tend to be in subfields where publishing early is not expected or encouraged. They might publish less for a number of reasons. Saying this is not taking issue with the data or denying that women get a leg up. It's not some fallacy in statistical reasoning. It's simply pointing out that the data doesn't justify the inference that Lemoine is making, that if women publish less, this is reason to assume that they have an *additional* bump, beyond the one indicated in the data (which is significant!).
Oh sorry, what is the relationship between publication rate and the quality of the candidate?
And where is the data that shows schools agree with you on this?
"You're quite right about the low IQ of those who argue that average publication rate means nothing as to the average quality of the candidate."
Lulz. Do you know how IQ is tested 3:13?
Roar-a-roar-roar.
Doesn't Princeton tend to discourage it's grads from publishing and give them no independent teaching experience? How do they do on the market?
What is that relationship between publication rate and the quality of a candidate again? Just so that all of the hiring departments are clear?
Look, 3:27, if you are going to argue that one can find hypotheses whereby it turns out that the women who are hired might not actually be of lower quality than the men, then, of course, one can do so. But, again, and again, these are hypotheses introduced not because they have any independent plausibility or evidence, but because they save one's thesis.
And it's not even clear what kind of sense they might make. Take the idea that women publish less because they are hired earlier. To begin with, of course, there is no independent evidence that that is so. But consider the idea on its own terms. Are we supposed to believe that, on the one hand, philosophy departments prefer women so strongly that they are willing to hire them earlier, but that they nonetheless are every bit as stringent regarding their quality as philosophers as they are with men? Why would this preference not be explained most naturally by relaxation of standards more generally? Why isn't the most reasonable interpretation of the data that philosophy departments of course, as they do in tenure considerations, consider publications (other things being equal!) as a factor in determining the desirability of a candidate, and as sign that the candidate will generate more publications and add to the prestige of the department? Again, this a statistical claim as to whether candidates are more desirable and of higher quality if they have more publications. If women are hired despite their relative lack of publications at an earlier stage than men, then that, on any natural interpretation of the data, is a sign that departments are willing to overlook the lack of a publication record and plunk down for a woman. You need to come up with more than some quick rejoinder as to why women are hired with fewer publications--you need to have an overall account that makes some socio-cultural sense.
And what is the evidence that it's harder for women to publish in the subfields to which they mostly gravitate? Obviously, more women are to be found in moral philosophy and history of philosophy than in other subfields. Is there any plausibility to the idea that it's harder to get a publication in those subfields -- especially when often it feminist oriented material that they publish?
Early on, it was suggested that women may not publish as much as men generally, but they might do so in prestige publications. That, of course, was shot down by the evidence, when it was finally introduced and considered.
No doubt these other hypotheses would likewise fall once further data is introduced, for the simple reason that they make no independent sense.
You have no overall account of why women might be obviously preferred for hire yet be every bit as desirable a candidate as men. You are simply making up ad hoc hypotheses that save the only thesis you seem to able to entertain.
Because, as every one with a sense of statistics knows, the practices of one department are perfectly predictive of the practices of all departments.
This is the low IQ of which I complain.
I am really just trying to point out what we can't know yet. I am guessing that the data you need would actually show that Departments are regularly willing to plunk down for candidates they like, be they male or female. You are just assuming a better published person is more desirable candidate (all things equal- and I can easily imagine the count done carefully so that someone with 60 articles in business ethics is out). I know there is this interest in seeing the academic market as a meritocracy, but there all sorts of roles professors play. This is where "all things equal" needs content. If you cannot imagine that a Department might, in the face of the the number and quality of candidates in a standard search, spend their time debating whether candidates would be a good fit for the Dept. and school, then I just don't think you are imagining what goes on in a search (the make or break it point is in the interview/s). If number of top publications were all that made male candidates desirable, you realize how easy the work of hiring would be? If you find that Departments simply hire the best published male candidates, that would be helpful.
You're coming up with still another statistically clueless account. Do you even grasp the concept of "other things being equal" here? Sure, departments consider many factors -- but, other things being equal, will, generally prefer candidates with more publications, and more publications in prestige journals. This is by far the most natural read of the statistics.
Again, you need an overarching account that puts together all the data we see, and comports with obvious motivations departments and human beings have.
The account I offer is simplicity itself, and comports exactly with obvious motivations: departments, and individuals within them, very much want to hire women. To do so, they will go to considerable distance to relax standards.
That hypothetical motivation explains everything we see to a T.
You can come up with no overarching picture that makes any coherent sense.
3:27 here, in response to 5:19 --- I'm not advancing any particular hypothesis, so I don't have the burden to make it plausible. I'm saying WE DON'T KNOW why the average pub rate of hired women is lower than that of men. I proposed a number of hypotheses, saying that any one of them is just as plausible as the hypothesis that they are weaker candidates. Again, I'm *not* saying that they don't have a bump up. I think they clearly do, I think the data shows that, and apart from some implausible claim like "women are just better at philosophy than men" the only plausible explanation seems to be bias in their favor. BUT I AM taking issue with Lemoine's claim that when we take into account number of publications, women have a greater bump up, since it rests on the assumption that number of publications is a good predictor of a candidate's quality (and thus that lower pubs = lower quality, so women are, on average, less qualified applicants), and that this is the best explanation of what's going on. The point is just that we don't know what's going on.
By subfields, I simply meant that one should expect someone in metaphysics or epistemology to have a few publications in hand leaving graduate school, or at least a few in the works. Not so for historical disciplines, for a variety of reasons. Shit, I could publish something in metaphysics if you gave me 3 months. I could not publish anything in ancient philosophy, because I don't know Greek and I haven't read the massive body of secondary material, let alone mastered it, which is required for pubs in ancient. So if there is a higher percentage of women in ancient phil as compared to metaphysics, this might skew the publication data. And, from my own experience of the gender breakdown of various subfields, it seems plausible to me that this is the case. Of course, I haven't done a study, so I don't know that this is the case.
Similarly with time on the market -- one would expect a person who has been on the market for longer to have more publications, right? Am I losing my mind here? I've already said many times that there is a bias in favor of women which leads to them getting hired earlier and more often. I think saying it's MORE than the 85% bump pointed to in the data is absurd. THIS IS WHAT LEMOINE IS SAYING, that the average female candidate is less qualified than the average male candidate, and so it's MORE than 85%, which would be the bump if we just assume that the spread of quality among genders is even. I think you might be taking me to say that I don't think there is a bias. I never said that. I don't believe that. Of course, I haven't done a study here either, but it would be interesting to see if number of pubs as a factor disappears if one controls for years on the market. It seems plausible that it might, yeah? Again, just a hypothesis, but I think a more plausible one than "men are just better than women, and publish more before they get jobs BECAUSE they are better."
It seems to me that the big problem is this: it's really not clear whether, and to what extent, publications do (or should) boost one's chances on the job market. Because here's what we don't know: the publication rates of those who *don't* get jobs.
Compare to placement data, where we do know that information: you can go onto departmental websites and work out, for example, that 9/10 people who graduate from Fancy Private U get jobs, but only 2/10 people from State School get jobs.
And if we knew, for example, that 9/10 people with 2 publications got jobs and 2/10 people with 0 pubs got jobs, then we would know that having more pubs increases your chances of getting a job, But if it were the case that 5/10 people with 2 pubs got jobs and 5/10 people with 0 pubs got jobs, then we would know that there wasn't any correlation between no. of pubs and chances of getting a job. And if there isn't any such correlation, then it's not clear why the differences publication rates of male and female graduates shows anything important at all.
thanks 6:09.
Regressive philosopher September 2, 2015 at 2:52 AM
Contrary to what babygirl is saying, it would be quite useful to see a regression with number of publications, gender, and status of PhD institution as parameters. Then we would know the answers to at least some of the questions being raised. I don't know why babygirl is against this. The reasons given don't make any sense to me.
Now that the pro-female bias has become hard to deny, some people have started to pretend that it's important for philosophers to have a 'good personality' (implying that women have better personalities than men). But it's hard to think of any great philosophers who would have won a high school popularity contest.
If we want philosophers to have 'great personalities' then we want to replace philosophy with something else. Philosophy is done by nerds.
Anne Jacobson is in fine form again on FP with a post asking whether we should be watching a panda give birth, and then two updates, the first of which observes that one of the newborns has died, while the second seems to suggest that a mouse may have had something to do with the death:
https://feministphilosophers.wordpress.com/2015/08/27/should-we-watch-this/#comments
i feel so bad for her every time she posts anything. is this a "grandma on the internet" sort of thing and we should just be happy it isn't in all caps? berkeley and oxford are good schools; did something happen to her?
Sometimes it is all in caps.
Wallace: "...a lot of these “not-statistically-significant” M/F gaps tend to point in the same direction, which can be significant in of itself." The wall of hypocrisy is starting to show some cracks.
fit ya square peg, fit!
Bias in academic philosophy is anti-male. Preferential treatment in academic philosophy is pro-female. All discrimination in academic philosophy is aimed against men. All false accusations are aimed at men. The witch hunts and smear campaigns are directed against men - the sole exception being Laura Kipnis, a feminist cultural critic, who merely wrote an essay disagreeing with feminist hysteria and who was then subjected to feminist hysteria and frivolous attempts to prosecute her under Title IX.
The actions of recent feminists - their conspiracy theories, witch hunts, purges, bullying and smear campaigns - will be judged harshly by future historians.
yes, the feminist wolves are slaughtering the innocent lamb-like men of philosophy. but the lambies will have their vengeance! lambies forever!
The various smear campaigns and witch hunts have been run by feminists. Do you dispute this? Who ran the smear campaign against Tim Hunt? A secret cabal of MRA's? Who ran the campaign against Laura Kipnis? A secret cabal of MRAs?
Nobody is slaughtering anyone, and this site is sadly plagued by a bunch of quasi-MRA loons, but still, it's abundantly clear that there is a feminist lobby group that is taking advantage of Title IX paranoia and other such factors to gain all sorts of advantages.
"this site is sadly plagued by a bunch of quasi-MRA loons"
Ah - the conspiracy theory yet again. How does objecting to smear campaigns and witch hunts make someone a "quasi-MRA loon"? Explain. How was the witch hunt against Tim Hunt connected to "Title IX"? Explain.
Remember: the senior women lobbying for more posts to go to junior women are building their own support base, and creating a climate were their own careers will benefit enormously in terms of conference/publication invites, citations, promotion, and so on.
And some senior men who go out of their way to embrace the New Consensus.
4:24 thinks a UK scientist, Tim Hunt, was witch hunted by a UCL feminist, because of Title IX. Disagree with this geographically incoherent nonsense and the response is a conspiracy theory about "quasi-MRA loons".
4:53, if you don't think that the US climate contributes to the overall anti-men current in global English-speaking academia then I don't know what to tell you.
The problem with wanting fewer women in philosophy is that the public is no longer interested in male-domination of any field. Tim Hunt made the public (that's men and women alike) aghast when they had no idea what work he did. Like it or not, people believe sexism against women is pervasive and wrong. All types of people. The public. So an all-male philosophy department is not going to be liked by the most conservative dads you can imagine, etc.
4:56, if somewhere in your mind you believe that, for example, Louise Mensch, multiple Nobel Prize winners, the female Master of Churchill College and many others are all "quasi-MRA loons", then you are suffering from conspiracist paranoia and need to see a doctor.
Nobody wants fewer women in philosophy. People just don't want to be unemployed because someone thought they'd better hire a woman because of made up discrimination claims.
"Like it or not, people believe sexism against women is pervasive and wrong."
Eh? Do you think your lies are acceptable? Tim Hunt did nothing wrong and was subjected to a smear campaign of lies, fabricated by a couple of feminists, and which were then contradicted by multiple witnesses.
5: 13 You are missing the point, the smear campaign worked because of what I explained in 4: 57. It would not work if the public were not going to react as they did.
Eh, 5:19? You seem delusional. You imagine someone agrees with sexism? Is that actually your point? Who, exactly? No one agrees with that. It's just a conspiracy theory.
5:34 do you not keep up with the popular media? What is your evidence that the public is not concerned with sexism?
If you read in any detail of what took place in the smear campaign against Tim Hunt, what's most disgusting is the absolute contempt in which its perpetrators hold the truth, even though they are journalists (and one particularly absurd figure who was a major player in something called "Retraction Watch", devoted to uncovering the fraud of others).
They simply lied again and again, and when called on the lies, made up more lies to cover them.
These are the sort of moral standards to which the SJW crowd hold themselves.
5:48, "What is your evidence that the public is not concerned with sexism?"
What is wrong with your mind? Of course people are concerned with sexism. Are you delusional?
"Wallace: "...a lot of these “not-statistically-significant” M/F gaps tend to point in the same direction, which can be significant in of itself." The wall of hypocrisy is starting to show some cracks."
I have no idea what this is intended to mean. But the statistical point I was making was just this: if I have N comparisons between X and Y (or, in this case, M and F), and the null hypothesis is that X and Y don't differ except through random noise, then the probability that X is greater than Y in all N comparisons is 2^-N. So if N is reasonably large and all the indicators point in the same direction, you can reject the null hypothesis at quite a high statistical-significance level even if the individual differences aren't significant on a case-by-case basis.
Advice: Just get over it. Sometimes things don't go your way and life's not fair.
This is great advice for people who think that "the seminar room" is an unfriendly atmosphere for women.
Except women evidently don't have to worry about the seminar room as much as men.
What happens to men in a seminar room?
I think the point was just that women can perform less well in seminars (and any other quality indicators) and still get hired over men, as the data indicates.
In some cases, yes it is. I'm sorry that people are trying to correct for sexism and you're not getting your dream jobs.
Except I'm not that sorry, because I'm a white person, and I don't get all bent out of shape when attempts to correct racism work against me. I acknowledge that it's in everyone's interest in the long run (including mine), and that in the short term, it's actually kinda fair.
I'm not sure why that's so hard for you guys.
What "sexism"? Give one data point.
"I don't get all bent out of shape when attempts to correct racism work against me."
Why are smear campaigns and witch hunts acceptable?
Here's a data point for you, 5:37: "the proportion of women in the placement data (28% in this subset) is smaller than I would have expected, given other data on women graduates (31% in 2011 according to one source)"
The fact that the proportion of women hired matches the proportion of women graduating suggests that if there are explicit biases in favor of women in the hiring process, these are correcting for (rather than over-correcting for) sexism.
No, please provide one data point of "sexism" against females. All the objective evidence shows a significant amount of sexism against males.
That is exactly the kind of data point you were after, 5:50. Because given the fact that hiring rates match graduation rates, there are two hypotheses: either women who are interested and dedicated enough to finish graduate school are inherently less talented than men who do likewise, and the parity in placement and graduation is evidence that women are being hired disproportionately to their talent, or women who finish are just as talented as the men, and the data on hiring, combined with evidence that universities have policies to explicitly favor women in hiring, is evidence that these explicit biases in favor are correcting for (rather than over-correcting for) biases against.
I have no idea what your point is, 6:16. Can you explain it in English?
It's pretty simple: 6:22:
There is some evidence, both in terms of data and anecdotally, of explicit biases in favor of female candidates at the hiring stage in philosophy, yes?
However, the proportion of those hired who were women matches the proportion of those graduating who were women (28% vs 31%, but as pointed out on DN, given small total numbers this is probably within margin of error)
So either the explicit biases in favor of women are in fact correcting, and correcting pretty accurately, for biases (whether explicit or implicit) against women.
Or, the women who graduate are on average inherently less talented than the men who graduate. What the parity in hiring numbers shows, then, is that despite being inherently less talented women are being hired at the same rate as men.
"However, the proportion of those hired who were women matches the proportion of those graduating who were women"
So? The evidence shows that, amongst those hired, men perform on average twice as well as females hired on publications (and three times as well wrt to high quality journals).
The two further statements you make do not make any sense.
Hm, I think your numbers might be off.
We know that the odds of a woman being hired within two years of graduating is much greater than the odds of a man being hired. About 85% higher.
How is that consistent with biases in favor of and against women somehow balancing out? If they balanced out, wouldn't the odds be the same for men and for women?
I understand that there are various possible explanations for the difference in odds. It's just that the data do not seem to show two trends that cancel each other out.
Hi 5:50, as Wallace points out at DN, the numbers you point to are not statistically significant. But the increased odds for women getting jobs is 85%, which is very significant. The odds of women who are on the market for the first time getting a job is even higher.
What I don't understand is how that can be consistent with the proportion of women hired being the same as the proportion graduating.
Oh, sorry, that was addressed to 6:37 -- then 7:03 appeared as I was writing 7:09.
"The evidence shows that, amongst those hired, men perform on average twice as well as females hired on publications (and three times as well wrt to high quality journals)."
Right, and this fact, combined with the fact that the proportion of those hired who were women matches the proportion of those graduating who were women, is evidence that there is explicit bias in favor of women.
The question is whether this explicit bias in favor of women is correcting for bias against women, or not.
The fact that with explicit bias we see parity in hiring and graduating numbers is evidence in favor of the claim that the explicit bias we see in favor of women is correcting for bias against women. And so is evidence for the existence of bias against women, which is exactly what you wanted.
Think about it this way: imagine that there were none of the explicit biases in favor of women that we hear about. The numbers of women being hired would likely drop, right? So women would be being hired in a rate lower than their proportion in the group of graduates. And it seems like this would be evidence of unfairness, unless we have reason to think that women who graduate in philosophy are on average less talented than men who graduate in philosophy. But we have no reason to think this.
"The question is whether this explicit bias in favor of women is correcting for bias against women, or not."
Eh? What "bias against women" do you mean? There is no evidence for that. It's like feminism is a fixed immutable ideology inside your mind, and cannot be removed by critical thinking. So, it's "true" - even if all the evidence shows it is false.
The evidence shows that the academic performance of females drops off, to around 50% of that of men. Therefore, in a meritocracy, we would expect fewer females to be hired amongst the corpus. However, they are hired, being held to lower expectations. This implies prejudice against men.
The rest of your comment doesn't make sense. You appear to believe that the existence of prejudice against men implies the existence of prejudice against women? And you believe this despite the fact that there is no evidence whatsoever.
7:41, I've explained this to you multiple times now. You've both failed to understand and been really rude about your failure to understand. I am 'writing in English', your claims about what my 'fixed immutable ideology' and my lack of critical thinking skills are baseless, and I have clearly explained multiple times that I do not think merely that the 'existence of prejudice against men implies the existence of prejudice against women'. The question is whether evidence of explicit bias in favor of women in one particular respect, combined with other facts, gives us reason to think there are also other biases - possibly implicit - against women. Futher the evidence does *not* show that the 'academic performance' of women drops off. The evidence is limited to publishing, which is hardly evidence of a person's academic performance as a whole, which is what you would need to support your claim.
It's really quite simple: unless we have reason to believe that the women who graduate in philosophy are inherently less talented than the men who graduate, we should expect women to be hired in proportion to their numbers. Women are being hired in proportion to their numbers. But we also have evidence of explicit bias in favor of women. These two facts combined are evidence of bias against women.
Maybe an analogy will help: if you have to put a brick on one end of the scale in order to keep it level, that's evidence that there is something heavy on the other end, even if you don't know exactly what.
7:54, "unless we have reason to believe that the women who graduate in philosophy are inherently less talented than the men who graduate ..."
The objective data shows that men outperform women. You pretend the data doesn't exist. It does and is listed above. The evidence shows, amongst the whole corpus of those hired from no prior position in 2012 and 2013:
1. "Women hired had published less than men did, in fact about half as much."
2. "The average publication rate for women hired was about 0.8."
3. "The average publication rate for men hired was about 1.5."
4. ".... a majority (54%) of women hired had no publications, as compared with 40% of men."
5. "For the Top 15 journals, 27% of men hired had at least one such publication, while only 11% of women hired had at least one. For these journals, the average publication rate for men hired was 0.42 publications, while for women hired it was only 0.14 publications."
"unless we have reason to believe that the women who graduate in philosophy are inherently less talented than the men who graduate"
(not 7:41) - Remove "inherently" (why is it there?) and we do have reason to believe that.
No, 8:20: what we have is (weak) reason to believe that women are, on paper, less *qualified* than men who graduate. This is not the same as less talented. And the point of affirmative actions is often to try and select for talent rather than qualifications, on the basis that merely selecting for qualifications simply reproduces the problems of the past.
Think about it this way: if you thought that qualifications were a reliable, unbiased indication of merit,desert and talent, then you would not advocate for any form of affirmative action. So merely pointing out that affirmative action in favor of women has the result that women who are on paper less qualified have an easier time getting hired than men does not show that there is bias against men - to assume this begs the question against the affirmative action advocate.
So what we do have is a reason to believe that women who graduate are on average less qualified on paper than men who graduate. But we do not have evidence that women who graduate are less talented. The absence of this evidence, combined with the fact that hiring rates are proportional, is reason to believe that the explicit biases are in fact balancing things out (and so are not evidence of all-things considered bias against men).
8:18, if you can't understand something, it doesn't help to just repeat lies and data. I am not 'pretending the data doesn't exist', in fact almost every single comment I have made mentions the evidence of explicit bias. The comment *directly* above yours mentions the evidence about publishing in particular.
We have independent reason to believe it. I did not mean that the reasons were here in this data set. Studies on testosterone, the historical record, etc. provide some prima facie evidence. (I like how you say "on paper". Where else would the qualifications be?)
You are making affirmative action advocacy out to be more extreme than it has to be. In fact, there are several good reasons to favor affirmative action even if one does not share your very radical view about talent that can never be represented by qualifications because of "the problems of the past" or whatever. (Whether they're good enough is a question I don't want to get into. But they're there.)
Here is a question for you. We have metrics - what you call "qualifications" - for determining what you call an individual's "talent". You suggest that all of these systematically underrate women. Why all of them? Will metrics like, say, publishing really good papers after tenure, making a contribution to the field, etc. evade this systematic underrating, or will it never end? When will this hidden "talent" start to show?
Affirmative action is illegal.
Do you have a particular jurisdiction in mind, 9:31? Are you referring only to public entities, or private ones as well?
Affirmative action is illegal. It is also considered immoral by everyone I have ever spoken to. Do you have someone in mind who agrees with this illegal and immoral practice?
"if one does not share your very radical view about talent that can never be represented by qualifications because of "the problems of the past" or whatever"
I did not claim any such thing.
"You suggest that all of these systematically underrate women. Why all of them?"
I did not suggest any such thing.
9:27, there might be evidence which would lead us to believe that on average, men might be more talented than women. But the evidence you point to (testosterone or whatever) would have to be very strong such that we should expect that when people already self-select into a group, and that group is 30% women and 70% men, (as opposed to, for example, 50/50) it is till true that *of that group* the average man is more talented than the average woman.
The presence of affirmative action itself makes that not just possible but likely, 9:50.
I understand the point now.
I'm the poster from September 1, 2015 at 7:09 PM.
I think the person you've been interacting with is ARG.
I'm convinced by 5:50's admirably clear (and surprisingly patient, given the obnoxiousness of some replies) explanation.
But for those who aren't: even if 5:50's wrong, why assume the explanation is that women in the field are less *talented*? Believing as you do (I do not) that there is a very strong bias in favor of women, wouldn't another plausible explanation be that if departments have such a bias, they are likely anxious to hire and retain women. So they're less demanding of them overall, and there's less pressure for women to publish? If that were the reason, it would tell us absolutely nothing about talent.
Of course, I think this is still not the correct explanation, but I think it's telling that so many on this board are immediately and tenaciously drawn to the most obnoxious one, when there are somewhat more innocuous ones available.
Instead of your obnoxious arrogance, 5:35, perhaps you can explain why observable male outperformance of women, along with observable anti-male bias, is evidence of unobservable anti-female bias?
Who *assumed* that was the explanation? Again, the difference between deductive and abductive reasoning is apparently just too much for some of you. Note also that abductive reasoning is not inference to the least "obnoxious" or most "innocuous" explanation. It is simply inference to the best explanation. Concerns like the ones I put in scare quotes, which I have to think of as political concerns, have no real place there.
There is a lot of very sloppy thinking going on in this thread. For example, we hear that affirmative action is "an attempt at a correction". No doubt. But the fact that affirmative action is intended that way does not necessarily mean everyone was right that there was much to be corrected for in the first place, and if there wasn't, affirmative action itself will lead to a pool where women are, on average, less talented. This has almost unquestionably happened with affirmative action in other areas, and yet the same arguments pop back up again and again, as though the conversation has never taken place before. This is, of course, not a decisive argument against affirmative action, because there are several independent rationales for the policy. For example, black law students, who do far worse on the LSAT, end up doing far worse grade-wise in law school, too, but this is not a crushing blow against affirmative action in law school admissions. Note too that black law students already received affirmative action in college admissions and will receive it again in the job market (and yet again when promotion and partnership decisions are made). The "corrections" affirmative action makes seem never quite to take hold. I'd be interested in hearing the views of some of the commentators here on that fact. If affirmative action is an efficacious corrective policy, why must it be reapplied at every level of a profession?
Someone earlier in this thread distinguished talent and qualifications. Surely if they are able to make that distinction they will be able to suggest alternative qualifications which would better capture talent, or at least note where in his or her career a philosopher will start to do things uncorrelated with the qualifications in question.
"There is a lot of very sloppy thinking going on in this thread."
Indeed. In the face of objective evidence that men hired have outperformed women hired, the social justice warriors above repeat their mantra - despite the complete absence of evidence. And the evidence we have of observable anti-male bias is not, somehow, evidence of unobservable anti-female bias.
Above there is a repeated evidence-free assertion of anti-male bias being a "correction". This simply begs the question and assumes, without evidence, that there is something to be "corrected". This needs to be shown with evidence, and not merely asserted on the basis of ideology. There is not something to be "corrected" -- even if people have been successfully indoctrinated to believe this falsehood. It is ideology.
So. Much. Butt hurt.
Either you completely adopt every aspect of these guys' paranoid worldview, or you're an SJW.
Wherever you find these kinds of either/or extremes, you know you're dealing with loons.
"So. Much. Butt hurt."
This is tinfoil paranoia.
6:13, if someone merely deviates one tiny bit from the feminist ideology, using objective evidence, you respond with childish insults. This is black-and-white thinking. Do you think that a female scientist, like Dame Athene Donald, Master of Churchill College Cambridge, is a "loon"?
Look, doods. The SJWs see sexism against women under every rock. You guys see sexism against men under every rock. You both accuse anyone who disagrees with you of being on the opposite team.
But most of us don't agree with either of you, and think both the bros and the SJWs are paranoid loons. So no, 6:32, I don't think Athene Donald's a loon, I think people on this board who require you to sign every item on their 100 page unabomberesque manifesto or be declared the enemy are loons. Just like the loons on the other boards who require you sign every item on their SJW manifesto or be declared the enemy are loons. (For example, I'm already on their naughty list my "disablist" or "anti-birdist" pejorative use of "loon.")
Now, even if you are right, you and the SJWs the ones seeing people out to get them everywhere, not the rest of us. So how "tinfoil hat" and "paranoid" can be your favorite go-to insults is really pretty bewildering.
But then it's not so bewildering, is it? Since it's the likely response you'll raise, you deflect it by using it first.
Dame Athene Donald is the "unabomber"? Weirdo.
"So no, 6:32, I don't think Athene Donald's a loon, I think people on this board who require you to sign every item on their 100 page unabomberesque manifesto or be declared the enemy are loons."
Follow the bouncing ball, 7:07.
Can you give a citation, 7:12, for your loony paranoid claim that someone "requires you to sign every item on their 100 page unabomberesque manifesto"? And why is Athene Donald the "unabomber", you weirdo?
7:01 contrasted unabomber comments with Athene comments.
Implying the opposite is... unabomber loony.
Eh? 7:01 made the paranoid and bonkers claim that someone "requires you to sign every item on their 100 page unabomberesque manifesto". This is tinfoil hat paranoia. The Athene Donald remark was a joke, intended to rile up 7:01. It had its desired effect - as it is easy to stir the emotions of SJWs, who cannot bear to be challenged.
In point of fact, Prof Athene Donald, a female physicist, spoke out against the SJW witch hunt of Prof Tim Hunt. Repeated paranoid tantrums, comparing a prominent female scientist to the "unabomber", do not help the SJW cause a tiny bit. It makes them look like childish, paranoid loons.
7:01 here. For those in need of remedial reading:
Athene Donald: good.
Butt Hurt Bros in this thread: bad.
"deviating one tiny bit from the feminist ideology" (6:32): good.
endorsing the opposite ideology of the Butt Hurt Bros: bad.
Man, I wish I'd gotten to be the female philosophy professor who gave these guys a B+ one time when they were undergrads, launching their lifelong crusades. Would have been fun.
We also need a handy term like "Social Justice Warrior" to identify these guys, to distinguish reasonable skeptics of extreme feminism from extremists, just as SJW distinguishes a narrow, particularly rabid form of neo-leftism.
We could just go with BHBs, for butt hurt bros.
No one here, 7:01, advocates the "opposite ideology", you paranoid loon. If you imagine someone is "requiring you to sign a unabomber manifesto", this makes you sound paranoid and bonkers. This is why you were ridiculed. The butt hurt is all yours.
It's fairly amazing to see the contortions feminists will go through to defend their turf here.
I don't see how one can argue that women aren't on average distinctly less qualified than men when hired for their positions -- the publication record demonstrates this. But then they retreat to the position that, nonetheless, women are every bit the equal in terms of "talent" as men, and that they are selected for "talent" rather than "qualifications". But what does this even mean, and why might we have reason to believe such a thing in any case?
It is hardly as if there exists some well known set of criteria for "talent" independent of "qualifications". "Talent" can't be treated as some kind of ineffable trait to which hirers have access, which is not reflected in qualifications. When departments or people make decisions about degrees of talent, "qualifications" would naturally play a major role in such determinations. Qualifications are the best objective index of talent, especially given that letters of reference, a quick subjective impression based on an interview, etc., are notoriously unreliable.
Moreover, suppose someone is seeking a woman to fill a position and is willing to relax the need for "qualifications". What reason is there to believe that, nonetheless, he or she is not willing to relax the need for "talent"? In fact, of course, any purported independent notion of "talent" turns out to be almost purely subjective and not subject to falsification--and is thus the easiest thing to fudge if one is seeking to achieve the desired end of hiring a woman.
Indeed, if one were to declare that it is "talent" that departments seek in the case of women over men, one might look for some kind of objective marker of "talent", and then predict that women, at least on that marker, would do as well as men. One such might be the publication of articles in prestige journals. But it turns out that on that score, men are if anything only more dominant, not less -- suggesting that they are only more talented than one might otherwise conclude.
One further point is that if departments seek "talent" instead of qualifications for women, and, supposedly, apply some set of criteria to do so, why couldn't the same new criteria be applied to men, resulting in an even more "talented" group of men for hire? How does this purported shift to a new set of criteria change anything fundamental as to the level of talent present in the overall group of women vs. the group of men?
The real fundamental issue here is: why are women, in fact, so much less qualified as a group than men? They come to the job market in numbers proportional to their numbers in grad school, but they are well less qualified than the men when they do. Nonetheless, they fare at least as well as men in being hired. But the question remains: why are they relatively so unqualified? Why isn't the natural explanation that they are less talented or less hard working?
There's finally just the point that publication is more than an indication of talent; it is a good index of the perseverance to get things published. Obviously, departments care about this as well. Why believe they are willing to relax standards for signs of perseverance, but not for "talent"?
8:31, I think you're reading too much into that. I meant only: the SJWs think there's pervasive bias against women in the profession, and the BHBs think the opposite: there's pervasive bias against men in the profession.
If you object to the term "ideology", fine, but keep in mind that an ideology can still be true. In the loose pejorative sense, it's a belief, true or not, held dogmatically with an oversensitivity to disagreement or criticism. In the narrower pejorative sense, it's a motivated belief, such as a belief convenient for reasons of class and economic position.
I think both apply, but I'll give you an example of oversensitivity to disagreement.
At 5:35, I gave an alternative explanation of the publication difference that was *consistent* with the BHB's view that there's anti-male bias. It was a view *on their side,* but more moderate than the claim that talent is the explanation.
In response to suggesting a moderate version of their own view, the BHBs overreactd. 5:42 demanded proof of anti-female bias, even though I'd offered a view that assumed anti-male bias. 5:56 whined about the use of the casual use of the word "assumed", then ignored the alternate explanation rather than arguing against it.
These were reactions to someone offering a view that *agreed* with their basic view.
And that's exactly what happens when you ever so slightly disagree with the SJWs, too. They get way too agitated, they ignore the criticisms, and they repeat the same evidence and arguments without responding to the way the critic's have directly address the evidence and arguments they keep repeating.
Ideology.
The unabomber comparison was a silly joke, silly. Ideologues hate jokes.
[P.S. Dammit, I knew they'd pull this shit eventually! Prove you're not a robot wants me to identify sandwiches. A croissantwich is arguably a sandwich. But a bagel with meat is not a sandwich. No, just no.]
Of course it's amazing, 9:17. The ideological level of resistance to evidence is a shock. The reason one can't even say the obvious explanation - here, of the measured outperformance of women by men - is that it's verboten, illegal. Does not compute. Doesn't fit the narrative.
State the evidence and then, as we see above, the paranoia nuts appear, like 7:01, who yabbers on with conspiracy theories about imaginary "butt hurt", and an imaginary "unabomber manifesto", and an imaginary "undergrad" who got an imaginary "B+" from an imaginary "female philosopher professor". It's paranoid lunacy.
Keep repeating the magic incantation, and all the scary monsters in your head will go away, 9:29: "Paranoia! Tin foil! Conspiracy theorists!"
Or tell the doctor to loosen your straps, you'll feel better.
Jokes, they're called.
"epeated paranoid tantrums, comparing a prominent female scientist to the "unabomber","
Only nobody did that, loon.
Keep repeating it, though. Since you aren't signing the comments, the repetition serves as a useful identifier.
This sub-thread needs a roar.
Help me, Obi Wan Kenobi, the butt hurt unabomber requires me to sign his manifesto!
I'd like to see the new and improved philosophymetablog do a parody of a Metametablog thread composed entirely of images of tin foil and lions, with all-caps brightly colored text "PARANOID!" "ROAR!," and so on.
But then, maybe this place is transcends parody.
*In some cases (of women complaining about the seminar room), it is (good advice- but only some cases, and not most).
I sure hope the editorial management software for journals won't tell the editors how often I log in to check up on my submissions.
As for me...I sure hope it will tell the editors this, so that they get the hint to finally deliver a verdict on my #$^!@ paper...
Kudos to Jennings: initially she tried to deny that her results showed a pro female bias, now that there's more evidence in the same direction she has stopped denying it. That's intellectual honesty.
1:03 above listed the data from CDJ's previous hiring spreadsheet for 2012 and 2013. For example, "Women hired had published less than men did, in fact about half as much" and ".... a majority (54%) of women hired had no publications, as compared with 40% of men" and "For the Top 15 journals, 27% of men hired had at least one such publication, while only 11% of women hired had at least one. For these journals, the average publication rate for men hired was 0.42 publications, while for women hired it was only 0.14 publications."
Did Jennings comment on why the statistics show that men outperform women? Also, if the numbers hired are proportionate to those who graduate, this is even further evidence that the outperformance of women by men is balanced by strong pro-female bias.
Seriously, again. Hiring of men would be very different if all someone cared for in a colleague was how many publications he had in top journals. It's not an attempt to derail your "strong pro-female bias" (this is subconscious? This is something most philosophers deny they have, but they are wrong?) thesis. Again, have you ever been on a hiring committee? There are so many publications in top journals that this becomes the "noise." You cannot just say "performance" in philosophy is number of publications, because people do not simply get hired on that basis. You are missing the data that shows the men with the most/ best publications get the job over other men.
I literally have to remind myself that I just assume men are "smarter" on about a weekly basis. It has been helpful to find that young men now writing in the same kind loopy handwriting style I used to associate with just women. It is really hard for me to believe other people have some general pro-woman bias when it comes to talent in philosophy. I can readily understand wanting a woman in a Department (lots of reasons for that), so I can understand a pro-woman bias there- but people speak about this interest. People openly say they want a woman for a position (for reasons). This seems like important evidence that the hiring bias is an attempt at a correction. (I know what comes next, women are the rapists, etc. etc. The rest of the world just has not caught on, etc. etc.)
5:15, "Again, have you ever been on a hiring committee?"
Of course. Many times. The pro-female bias is a constant feature of hiring committees and is well-known.
5:27, "This seems like important evidence that the hiring bias is an attempt at a correction."
A "correction" against what? Something that exists only inside your imagination?
5:27, "women are the rapists"
Women routinely rape and sexually assault men, according to major crime surveys in the US and UK. You can lie about this if you like. The evidence contradicts you.
"You are missing the data that shows the men with the most/ best publications get the job over other men."
Hiring would be very different if all someone cared for in a colleague was how many publications he had in top journals. Again, have you ever been on a hiring committee? There are so many publications in top journals that this becomes the "noise." "Performance" in philosophy isn't just number of publications, because people do not simply get hired on that basis.
No one has claimed any such thing, 5:49. Publications are a major measure of academic performance. On this measure, men hired outperform women amongst those hired, as the data listed above shows.
I don't mean to push too hard here, but am genuinely curious. Publications are a major measure of academic performance, but is it fair to say at a certain level of such performance, surely other factors come into play? Let's say one level is: yes, this person is doing enough top-level work, will get tenure. After reaching that level, even if we look to the very top philosophers, do they actually have more publications than other people in their department, etc.? (I truly don't know so I apologize if someone has done this counting up.)
Other factors include
- teaching evaluations,
- unpublished work,
- letters of recommendation,
- conference presentations,
- research statement
- interview performance.
Feminist activists are trying to downplay the publication measure, because it transpired that men are outperforming women amongst the cohort hired. Had the data been the other way round, feminists would be broadcasting it from the rooftops.
Academic success correlates moderately well with h-index. There are a few significant outliers - Gettier and Wittgenstein, for example. In philosophy, an assistant prof might have h-index of 2-3; an associate professor around 5-9; a full professor usually >10.
Yes, kudos to her and all her hard work.
8:55, yes, and particularly quality of the published work.
One of my senior colleagues got tenure (fairly recently) with seven published papers. Another former colleague failed to get tenure despite have fifteen published papers. I wasn't party to the meetings (I'm more junior) but I hear the tenure letters were weak -- the fifteen papers were competent but not original or trend-setting.
Yeah, I'm a little worried. Better start setting trends soon...
It's helpful to remember that, often when these discussions happen, posters admit that SC members regularly consider factors that fall completely outside the list of other merit-tracking factors--e.g., the fact that the department is too male, that female profs would attract more female majors, that the discipline itself is too male. Of course, it's possible that these anonymous posters are just lying, but we can't just assume this is the case. So, yes. pubs are only one merit-tracking factor, but merely pointing out that some female candidates may have other strong merit-tracking features does nothing to address the seemingly common practice of weighting non-merit-tracking factors.
See the information at https://web.csulb.edu/~jvancamp/doctoral_2004.html --despite the URL, the information is updated to 2015. At places with less than 20% female faculty, of which there are many, and at non-PhD granting programs like that too, I bet there is often a lot of pressure to hire female faculty. (Both internally, from faculty who think this would be good for various reasons, and externally from Dean-y types.)
It is a further question whether it is justifiable to give some preference to female applicants when your department has 7% or 15% female faculty.
I was looking for the perfect video of a roar so that I could post it here, and I was reminded of two things: (1) that Warner Brother's had some really racist and sexist cartoons, (2) that lions are really cool animals.
No perfect roars though.
Not sexist anymore, citizen. Trans-positive:
http://www.philpercs.com/2015/09/is-bugs-bunny-trans.html#more
I said "some". And stop. It's good that we're letting people be who they are now.
Not really disagreeing, 9:34!
In fact, I think that post is symptomatic of the current political climate. Cartoon representations of femininity that once most would agree are insulting to women not only in their exagerrated form but in their essentialist implications, are now rebranded as progressive, because they fit the current ideological obsession with trans-identity.
In other words, the theoretical underpinnings of trans-discourse contradict those of feminism.
I'm not saying that this can't be resolved, but it's a problem that the left is ignoring it.
I also think it's good to let people be who they are. Who suggested otherwise?
As it happens, I don't think any one "really is" a man or a woman in any essentialist way. So, sure, trans people believing they're essentially a given gender is no worse than non-trans people believing the same.
But I do think the more progressive position is to say all sex, sexuality, andgender categories are bullshit, not to constantly invent new varieties of bullshit.
Especially when the new varieties are counterproductive, reinforcing stereotypes about true womanhood and diverting progressive attention away from the real economic inequalities that are the primary source of the suffering and powerlessness of minorities of all kinds.
"... a roar so that I could post it here"
Hello Tinny!
JFP: Jobs for Phemales
is Louie Generis really just JW?
"I'm sorry that people are trying to correct for sexism and you're not getting your dream jobs.
Except I'm not that sorry, because I'm a white person, and I don't get all bent out of shape when attempts to correct racism work against me."
Except if you're a white woman then you don't need to worry about that, because affirmative action helps white women more than anyone.
Lysias September 2, 2015 at 9:57 PM
I am still waiting for someone to put forward a decent argument (moral or prudential) for the claim that the gender imbalance in philosophy is something we ought to try to correct. Absent such an argument, all the hand-wringing about the CDJ data and its implications strikes me as largely pointless.
The argument was supposed to be that the imbalance is due to implicit bias and all sorts of discrimination. And it probably is, given that most people working now were hired decades ago. What his has to do with giving an unfair advantage to current female advantages, as borne out by the CDJ data, beats me.
*current female _applicants_
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About/Contact PFSP
Pfsp Recycling
Newsletter Archives.
Getting closer! Let’s keep it up!
by Kyle Little 25/02/2014 | 9:12 0 Posted in Articles, EVENTS
By Brooke McGee
Thanks to the Portage community and the generosity of St. John’s Baptist Episcopal Church, the Portage Family Skate Park project (PFSP) is even closer to achieving their goal. Roughly $600 closer in fact! Bowl by bowl and with dessert options galore, the community came together not only for a delicious meal but for a good cause.
With over $50,000 raised to date, enthusiasm continues to build for the upcoming project. It is no surprise that the February 18 Soup Fundraiser was such a success. Aside from the delicious homemade soups, tantalizing smells and lively atmosphere, the spirit of the event stood out the most.
Throughout the day guests came and gone. Despite the hustle and bustle, there were times between “rush hour” to reflect and be grateful. Take outs were available as well and “taken” advantage of by many.
In addition to the committee board and volunteers, certain individuals and businesses in particular provided notable assistance. Brandon Hanson, local skateboarder, graciously donated a one-of-a-kind personally signed deck for a raffle prize. (Multiple ones, in fact, for Christmas!) After almost tragically losing Brandon on October 11, 2008, the value of the raffle prize is immeasurable. With the tickets sold, one lucky child was able to select the winner at the end of the evening, choosing one name from a basket of prospects.
Nik Ibrami, co-owner and operator of one of Portage’s newest quality restaurants, The Red Apple, donated not only time, but an abundance of homemade soups and fresh rolls. Taking time off from his busy schedule, Nik also helped serve and assist with the PFSP supporters and guests. Alongside him, and also providing soup donations, La Tolteca manager, Alonso, contributed resources and time.
“We have to do that,” Nik insisted. “We have to help. I have my own kids. We need to support them, all of the kids. It’s not about giving them what they want it’s about giving them what they need- what will help them. Right now, they need places of to have fun that encourage sports. I’d rather they were outside.” With the attitude and compassion behind Nik and his budding business, it is no surprise that the restaurant has a regular customer base.
Josh Paul & Mom June Paul
Sleeves pulled up to help, Joshua Paul, a former Portage resident, spent his morning traveling from Milwaukee to donate his time. Because of his history in the area, Joshua wants nothing but the best for Portage’s future. “My family is involved,” Joshua pointed out. “There is very little for entertainment in Portage. It’s about variety, we need more variety and we need these kids involved in activities. Goodyear Park is becoming a centralized location and will bring business, it’s good for our downtown. The city sees that, that’s why they are backing us up. It’s a family-themed design. I don’t doubt for a second that families will come help with upkeep.”
Joshua wasn’t the only one who traveled so far to show their support. With some driving from over an hour away for a bowl of soup, the evidence speaks for itself that this skatepark is desired.
Because of the outpouring of donations, leftovers still remained despite the amount of sales. As a way of giving back, Portage organizations were cheerfully surprised when goodie-baskets arrived. Due to the hospitality of St. John’s Baptist Episcopal Church, the PFSP did what they could to show their gratitude with the remaining donations. These donations would not have been possible without the generosity of Red Apple Restaurant, La Tolteca, Northwoods, Big Dogs, Culvers and Molto Bene Cupcakes. For those who wished to remain anonymous for their donations, we still “anonymously” say thank you!
Even if you missed the soup, (and the cupcakes…) you can still get that “comfort food” feeling by donating time, energy or supplies.. What? Time?! Who has time to donate? Well, actually… a text message, wall post or Tweet takes, what, ten seconds? Would you be willing to donate to your community that?
Ok here’s where it gets good… Drum roll please….(!) An exciting competition known as “Be the Change,” sponsored by the charitable Sheckler Foundation, will soon be reviewing an entry from the PFSP. If selected as a finalist, a social media competition will decide which community is given the gift of “change.” Coming soon!!! Your ten seconds could make all the difference.
For little effort, you too can be a part of the change and help our downtown thrive once again. Please check out the PFSP on your cell, tablet or computer at portageskatepark.org. Support bracelets are currently available at Portage’s downtown business, Prairie Flower Beads, for a mere $2. Other events are listed online for your convenience. Want to stay updated even easier? Follow the PFSP on Twitter @Portagesk8park or on Facebook.com/Portageskatepark. Questions? Contact the PFSP online at portageskatepark.org.
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Sham asks for pro active approach towards water conservation
By Precious Kashmir on 14/11/2017 Comments Off on Sham asks for pro active approach towards water conservation
Jammu, Nov 13: Minister for PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control Sham Lal Choudhary today said that water is necessary for life and it is the responsibility of every citizen to contribute in saving each and every drop of water so that its availability would be ensured for future generations.
The Minister was speaking at a function organized by Rotary Club Jammu Tawi in connection with its campaign ‘Save Water, Save Life’.
State Commissioner Bharat Scouts & Guide J&K, I D Soni, President, Rotary Club Jammu Tawi Jaswant Rai Gupta, Vice President Subhash Gandotra, Secretary Raman Sherpuri, other members of Rotary Club Jammu Tawi and Scouts & Guides were present on the occasion.
Speaking to the gathering, the Minister said that water is important for the continuation of life on the earth and it should be used judiciously. ‘We even cannot imagine the life without water around us, so it is very important for all of us to play our individual role in saving it besides spreading awareness to others about the need of water conservation’, said Minister.
Addressing the Scouts & Guides present on the occasion, the Minister said that to bring a positive change in the society, student’s role always remains high and they have the ability to spread awareness to others for its larger impact. He urged the student community to play their proactive participation in conservation of water and making others to join this movement.
He said that water conservation awareness should be highly developed and promoted especially in the schools to aware children and as being educated citizens we should encourage everyone to join the water conscious community.
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Oslo mosque targeted in attempted far-right terrorist attack
By Sam Dalton, 16 August 2019
The Norwegian political establishment has promoted the hysterical anti-immigrant atmosphere that encourages fascist attacks.
Stop the suppression of the San Francisco murals! Defend the right to history, art and culture!
By the Socialist Equality Party and the International Youth and Students for Social Equality, 14 August 2019
The SEP and the IYSSE condemn the suppression of the left-wing murals painted by Victor Arnautoff at George Washington High School in San Francisco and call on students, teachers and workers to unite in their defense.
Strike by 1,400 pilots grounds hundreds of flights at Scandinavian Airlines
By Jordan Shilton, 29 April 2019
While pilots, cabin crew, and ground staff have suffered wage cuts since 2012, SAS chief executive Rickard Gustafson’s total compensation has shot up by 38 percent over the past three years.
Integrity Initiative: UK interference in Norway
By Bjørn Halvorsen, 5 February 2019
The Anonymous leaks expose an anti-democratic conspiracy against the anti-war views of the Norwegian public.
Norway moves to join NATO anti-missile shield targeting Russia
By Terje Maloy, 13 January 2017
Norway is intensifying its plans to join the US-NATO missile defence system, serving as a strategically located military outpost on Russia’s northwestern border.
200,000 jobs threatened by Norway oil industry crisis
By Ellis Wynne, 24 March 2016
Norway’s ruling elite insists that the relatively high wages in the oil industry be slashed.
Norwegian government targets immigrants and asylum seekers
By Jordan Shilton, 20 November 2013
The brutal deportation of the Ibrahim family, who were seeking asylum, having lived in Norway for a decade, has provoked public anger.
Right-wing minority government takes shape in Norway
By Jordan Shilton, 10 October 2013
The September 30 agreement between Conservatives-Progress Party makes clear that the incoming administration will be one of the most right wing in Norwegian history.
Conservatives to lead new government in Norway
By Jordan Shilton, 17 September 2013
Norway is set for one of the most right-wing governments in its history.
Norwegian trade unions avert national strike
By Robert Stevens, 12 April 2013
A deal on pay will mean a minuscule raise, wholly in the interests of the employers.
Norwegian mass murderer Breivik sentenced to 21 years
By Jordan Shilton, 25 August 2012
The Oslo District Court yesterday ruled that fascist mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik was sane and handed down the maximum sentence of 21 years imprisonment for his homicidal attacks in July 2011.
Norwegian government report whitewashes Breivik terror attacks
While concluding that authorities could have prevented Anders Breivik’s July 22, 2011 massacre, the official review obscures the political nature of the attacks.
Wave of strikes across Norway
By Jordan Shilton, 21 July 2012
Last week, Norway’s Labour-led government stepped in to impose compulsory arbitration on striking oil workers, with the threat of an industry-wide lockout looming.
Anders Breivik and the Guardian: Suzanne Moore’s “sympathy for the devil” moment
By Chris Marsden, 26 April 2012
UK columnist Suzanne Moore has produced an opinion piece that expresses her understanding towards the xenophobic sentiments that ultimately gave rise to the mass murder committed by Anders Breivik.
The Breivik trial
By Jordan Shilton and Chris Marsden, 25 April 2012
The trial of mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik has been dominated by the testimony of the 33-year-old right-wing terrorist.
Fascist Anders Breivik defends mass killings as trial opens in Norway
On day two of his trial, Anders Breivik gave an hour-long defence of his slaughter of 77 people last July and said that he would do it again.
Neo-fascist Breivik warned Norwegian authorities of plans for mass murder
By Robert Stevens, 11 January 2012
The neo-fascist mass murderer Anders Breivik called the Norwegian Government Services Centre last March, threatening to carry out a massacre. The call was placed just four months before he murdered 77 people and injured another 151.
Norway’s neo-fascist mass murderer Breivik declared insane
By Jordan Shilton, 2 December 2011
Tuesday’s decision to declare Anders Behring Breivik insane was driven by the political interests of the Norwegian and European ruling elite.
Norway’s Labour Party mounts political whitewash of establishment in mass shootings
In the aftermath of Anders Behring Breivik’s terrorist attacks in Norway on July 22, a concerted campaign is underway to promote a message of national unity.
Evidence grows of Norwegian mass murderer Breivik’s ties to British far-right
By Robert Stevens, 4 August 2011
The Norwegian fascist Anders Breivik, who slaughtered 76 people in Norway, has numerous likeminded associates throughout Europe.
The ideological roots of the Oslo atrocity
By Stefan Steinberg, 30 July 2011
The political and media reaction to the terrorist atrocity carried out in Oslo a week ago reflects a social order in a profound state of political and ideological decay.
French neo-fascist officials endorse Norway atrocities
By Kumaran Ira, 29 July 2011
Members of far-right parties across Europe have endorsed the mass killing last Friday carried out by a right-wing anti-Islamic extremist in Norway, Anders Breivik.
Unanswered questions in Norway terror attack
By Susan Garth, 28 July 2011
The media and politicians are working assiduously to obscure the political motives of the killer, his connections to far-right and fascist organizations, and the political and moral responsibility borne by establishment parties and politicians.
The political establishment and the Oslo massacre
By Peter Schwarz, 27 July 2011
There is a clear link between the campaign of incitement against Muslims, which has been supported by all of the parties of the US and European bourgeois establishment and by the media, and the political motives of the fascist who murdered 76 people in Oslo last Friday.
Fascist killer appears in Norwegian court
By Robert Stevens and Susan Garth, 26 July 2011
The right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik appeared in court yesterday and confessed to the mass murder of 76 people in Norway, many of them children.
The slaughter in Oslo
The murder of at least 92 people in Oslo signals the emergence of fascist terrorist violence animated by a hatred of Marxism and the working class.
Bombing, mass shooting kill at least 87 in Norway
By Mike Head, 23 July 2011
A right-wing anti-Islamic extremist is being held over a terror bombing in downtown Oslo that killed seven people and an automatic weapons attack on youth at a Norwegian Labour Party camp that killed at least 80.
Scandinavian and other “neutral” states support assault on Libya
By Steve James, 12 April 2011
Eight Swedish fighter aircraft joined the NATO operation against Libyan government forces last week.
Norwegian election dominated by debates over oil fund
On October 13, Norway’s re-elected coalition government led by Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg announced its 2010 budget amid claims that the country had weathered the global economic downturn.
Norwegian pension fund breaks silence on Volkswagen-Porsche takeover scandal
By Patrick Richter, 15 October 2009
Volkswagen is rescuing the oligarch clan Piëch/Porsche from its failed speculation and giving it more than €4.5 billion.
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VMware AirWatch supports a number of methods for delivering connectivity to remote mobile endpoints. The Virtual Network Adapter is recognized by the Windows operating system and applications running on Windows as a network device in the same way as a physical network adapter. Install VMWare Hypervisor (see videos in VMWare instructions). That is quite normal and typically expected from a security standpoint with a VPN so I'd suggest you talk to your Network Administrator and or IT Staff. For more info see Set-up and usage of a Virtual Private Network using the Cisco VPN Client. Opera’s VPN that is built inside Opera’s web-browser, offers it users to surf the web with enhanced privacy. There is a Vmware Nordvpn Configuration superb deal at Pizza Hut for 1 last update 2019/09/29 $5 off on orders of $25 or more. The obvious advantage of VMWare is of course that it does much more than provide access to a VPN… Summary of the setup. By default, it is assigned 1 vCPU and 1GB of memory and has a swapfile of 512MB. 24/7 Support. What i'm doing until now is bridging both connection (the vpn and a vmware network adapter) but the thing doesn work well. With a solution such as the OpenVPN Access Server users can securely access their virtual desktops across the Internet while preserving the real-time experience of the PCoIP display protocol used by VMware View. Launch a VPN client in the VDI, connecting to a VPN which enforces isolation. This would probably be your best bet, as then you would be able to run the VPN server on the VM. It still acts as if it is on the local network. Check here to skip this screen and always use HTML Access. OpenVPN Bridge under VMware ESXi March 11, 2010 / 31 Comments / in Virtualization / by jeremy So, as these things go, I spent 2 days looking at my OpenVPN config files and bridging setup before finding the solution to my problem was elsewhere. OpenVPN enables administrators to provide secure remote access to the internal network to remote users and sites. It contains no trial period limits, nag screens or unrelated software bundles. 0440 for x64, 5. Our desktop client software is directly distributed from our Access Server User portal. The Window host uses the OpenVPN Client to connect to a VPN The VPN endpoint is an OpenVPC server running in Amazon VPC The OpenVPC server is running Layer 3 NAT mode The Amazon VPC contains a bunch of other servers that I need to connect to The Amazon VPC is on a different subnet than my home subnet The setup looks something like this:. OpenVPN is a Virtual Private Networking (VPN) solution provided in the Ubuntu Repositories. Stop bad actors, attackers and criminals from stealing your data!. OpenVPN offers a cost-effective, lightweight alternative to other VPN technologies that is well-targeted for the SME and enterprise markets. Using ICS on the Local Area Connection works fine for while I am at work, but when I go home and am working through VPN, the VMware client can't get to the VPN. VMware Fusion provides two options for the network connections in a virtual machine: direct (Bridged) and by sharing the host's connection (NAT). VMware® Tunnel securely connects both internally built and public App Store applications to corporate resources within a secure network. VMware is a global leader in cloud infrastructure and business mobility. We're going to take a look in this section at how to build a virtual machine and install a guest operating system, followed by the tool set that VMware provides to enhance the functionality of. I had an host o. Still allow the user to see the VDI desktop. Edit Client Configuration You can change the way the SSL VPN client tunnel responds when the remote user logs in to. Disguise your online identity and access blocked apps and sites with Hotspot Shield while keeping your mobile activities anonymous, private and secure! Hotspot Shield VPN Proxy is the most trusted security, privacy and access platform with top performance in speed, stability, and security. OpenSSH is the premier connectivity tool for remote login with the SSH protocol. It is flexible, reliable and secure. Learn the drivers behind VMware's rapid growth and how our strategic focus on management can enable lower TCO across our entire. 2 which will hopefully make it easier. ) the firewall LAN address. The Faction 2019 VMware Cloud on AWS Market Survey, showed that of those respondents planning to migrate to or deploy VMware Cloud on AWS, 23 per cent anticipate doing so within the coming year. In addition, one can combine our per-app VPN tunnel with VMware NSX micro-segmentation policies to further restrict those per-app VPN tunnels and control termination onto specific hosts/ports in the data center. Check here to skip this screen and always use HTML Access. AirWatch is the leading enterprise mobility management (EMM) technology that powers VMware Workspace ONE. Get the latest news about Citrix, including product announcements, financial releases and market research. OpenVPN Bridge under VMware ESXi March 11, 2010 / 31 Comments / in Virtualization / by jeremy So, as these things go, I spent 2 days looking at my OpenVPN config files and bridging setup before finding the solution to my problem was elsewhere. Customers can innovate faster by rapidly developing, automatically delivering and more safely consuming any application. 2 which will hopefully make it easier. A VPN connection between your on-premises network and your CloudSimple network provides access to the vCenter and workloads on your Private Cloud. The environment is extremely large with 650 hosts and over 5,000 VMware machines. VMware Horizon Clients for Windows, Mac, iOS, Linux, and Android allow you to connect to your VMware Horizon virtual desktop from your device of choice giving you on-the-go access from any location.  So there you have it - why VMware Server and RDP can make a bad mix sometimes. x fails, if Windows OS level. VMware Fusion provides two options for the network connections in a virtual machine: direct (Bridged) and by sharing the host's connection (NAT). Types: Android VPN, iPhone VPN, Mac VPN, iPad VPN, Router VPN. The VPN is traversing over 2 10meg Etherstream connections, speed isnt an issue here, especially as it works with other hosts in remote locations (datacenters etc) Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert / EE Fellow) VMware and Virtualization Consultant. I connected VPN at host[/b] and use NAT network. OpenVPN is a full-featured open source SSL VPN solution that accommodates a wide range of configurations, including remote access, site-to-site VPNs, Wi-Fi security, and more. Combined with VMware's Workforce One identity management platform, this combination gives users everything they need to track, manage, and grow a fast-changing device portfolio. Fast Servers in 94 Countries. My goal is to access the company network (10. The following diagram illustrates the end result, the place I wanted to get to when connecting my home lab to VMware Cloud on AWS, using a route-based IPSec VPN, with BGP. Working with Global International Companies on successful deployments of VMware Network Virtualization products (NSX). It is able to control all VPN clients to perform the same tasks on the VPN server. Untangle’s intuitive GUI makes it easier to configure basic settings through a setup wizard. Review of SonicWALL Global VPN. 0410) fails to connect to VPN networks due to an incorrect Windows 8 registry entry for the Cisco VPN client. VPN Reconnect is a feature of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 that allows a virtual private network connection to remain open during a brief interruption of Internet service. But now it's trying. Vmware Vpn, windscribe ovpn files, openvpn default port, nordvpn port. This article shows how make Cisco VPN Client work with Windows 8 32bit & 64bit. We're going to take a look in this section at how to build a virtual machine and install a guest operating system, followed by the tool set that VMware provides to enhance the functionality of. You can use RRAS (built into Server 2003) to provide the VPN services. Learn which Chromebooks support Android apps. I have found that if you want to connect to a VPN from within a virtual machine, you must use the Bridged option. Completing this application is the first step to joining our program and reaping available benefits. It belongs to the family of SSL/TLS VPN stacks (different from IPSec VPNs). This VPN client is required for accessing on-campus network. OpenVPN can be setup for either a routed or a bridged VPN mode. A virtual private network (VPN) allows you to create a secure connection from your computer to Duke over a public network while working remotely. See screenshots, read the latest customer reviews, and compare ratings for VMware AirWatch® Agent™. This type of connection requires a VPN device located on-premises that has an externally facing public IP address assigned to it. 0410) fails to connect to VPN networks due to an incorrect Windows 8 registry entry for the Cisco VPN client. VMware Horizon Clients for Windows, Mac, iOS, Linux, and Android allow you to connect to your VMware Horizon virtual desktop from your device of choice giving you on-the-go access from any location. There a openvpn access server virtual appliance vmware version lot of options out there and choosing the 1 last update 2019/09/25 right set of tires isn’t the 1 last update 2019/09/25 easiest thing to do. Our desktop client software is directly distributed from our Access Server User portal. Re: Accessing VPN from Vmware guest using NAT by DavidLiebtag » Tue Jul 06, 2010 12:33 pm I tried switching to bridged mode and I can't even get to the internet from the guest, much less through the VPN connection. In this setup the standby VPN has been configured to provide connectivity in the event of a Direct Connect failure. Cybersecurity expert by day, writer on Virtual Desktop Vpn Vmware Horizon all things VPN by night, that’s Tim. x in Windows guest, you may experience one or more of these symptoms: Installing or upgrading of VMware Tools to 10. Point-to-site VPN connection is the simplest way to connect to your Private Cloud from your computer. What i'm doing until now is bridging both connection (the vpn and a vmware network adapter) but the thing doesn work well. I connected VPN at host[/b] and use NAT network. OpenVPN Security Advisory Action needed: Important update for OpenVPN Access Server. 🔴Mac>> ☑Vmware Bridget To Nordvpn Best Vpn App For Iphone ☑Vmware Bridget To Nordvpn Best Vpn For Ios ☑Vmware Bridget To Nordvpn > Download nowhow to Vmware Bridget To Nordvpn for HUMMER Hyundai INFINITI Isuzu Jaguar Jeep Kia Lamborghini Land Rover Lexus Lincoln Lotus Maserati Maybach🔴iPhone>> ☑Vmware Bridget To Nordvpn Best Vpn. Yes, that is my problem: When VMware and OpenVPN are used in the same time, Windows 10 uses Route Metric + Interface Metric to determine that VMware interface is a better route, and take its DNS. Seems rather simple well here's the story. Most of the VMs that we will host on this server is only meant to be used internally. We do not support the low version and compatibility view mode of Internet Explorer to access our website. I've just been through this process at home for a "project" I was working on. This article shows how to configure, setup and verify site-to-site Crypto IPSec VPN tunnel between Cisco routers. In fact, Network Bindings is no longer used by any Windows components but DNS Ordering still use it before Windows 10. "We chose Pulse Secure's PSA Series as our SSL-VPN solution for accessing company data remotely. Learn the drivers behind VMware's rapid growth and how our strategic focus on management can enable lower TCO across our entire. Note: The vSphere Client is no longer available starting with vSphere 6. Windows client is authenticated as the Server security certificate validation option is selected by default, when the installation package was created. Reprotect and fail back machines to an on-premises site after failover to Azure. Now, to connect to the OpenVPN server, using the KDE network manager applet, do the following: Click on the network manager applet. A diamond's value is determined by its carat weight, color, cut and clarity. But I can't find how to connect my interface eth0 with my VPN. The Virtual Appliance Marketplace contains a variety of virtual appliances packaged in OVF format that you can download and deploy in your vSphere environment. Select Save. Alex de Gruiter’s Articles & Activity. mhow to vmware vpn connection for Show more notes Julianne,broke college student, Self proclaimed writer , into Kingdom hearts marvel and a vmware vpn connection whole bunch of different things!!. Adjust as needed. Cybersecurity expert by day, writer on Virtual Desktop Vpn Vmware Horizon all things VPN by night, that’s Tim. Fast Servers in 94 Countries. VMware Horizon HTML Access. With SSL VPN-Plus, remote users can connect securely to private networks behind a NSX Edge gateway. Besides previous performance, the number one reason was the confidence that Pulse Secure is a market leader. Note: The vSphere Client is no longer available starting with vSphere 6. The Faction 2019 VMware Cloud on AWS Market Survey, showed that of those respondents planning to migrate to or deploy VMware Cloud on AWS, 23 per cent anticipate doing so within the coming year. vpn free download - NordVPN, NordVPN, Free VPN, and many more programs. Hello, after get many update in November the VMware SSl VPN connect but cannot access anything RDP,WEB and everything inside our environment i make a reset windows to reinstall a windows and apps, once finished i install SSL VPN Client before let windows get the updates it's working find but once windows get the updates it become not working anymore, please help me i need to access VPN from. This post demonstrates a simulated failure of Amazon Direct Connect, with VMware Cloud (VMC) on Amazon Web Services (AWS). On my host i had vpn connection and i want to "share it" with my vm. Check here to skip this screen and always use HTML Access. Configuring the Network Connection Configure and implement VMware Fusion virtual networking components on your virtual machine to connect to other virtual machines in your networking environment. VPN Reconnect is a feature of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 that allows a virtual private network connection to remain open during a brief interruption of Internet service. VPN Overview. The SSL VPN client is lightweight and easy to use but the initial setup on the server side can be a little daunting so this is a step by step guide to install SSL VPN with VMware NSX 6. I connected VPN at host[/b] and use NAT network. Popular Platform Downloads. OpenVPN Access Server Virtual Appliance is a full-featured secure network tunneling VPN virtual appliance solution that integrates OpenVPN server capabilities, enterprise management capabilities, simplified OpenVPN Connect UI, and OpenVPN Client software packages that accommodates Windows, MAC, and Linux OS environments. We do not support the low version and compatibility view mode of Internet Explorer to access our website. VPN Reconnect is a feature of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 that allows a virtual private network connection to remain open during a brief interruption of Internet service. The always on feature lets you remotely manage VPN clients, because if the remote computer is turned on and Internet connected, it's available to manage. * is the actual name of the certificate and keyfile names. In my prior blog post, I discussed how with VMware Cloud on AWS (VMC on AWS) customers get the best of both worlds for their move to a Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) - the leading compute, storage, and network virtualization stack for enterprises deployed on dedicated, elastic, bare. Free Debian-based OpenVPN appliance that is easy to use and lightweight. If you want the virtual machine to use. Select the newly created OpenVPN connection. When you configure a bridged OpenVPN setup on a VMware ESXi (vSphere Hypervisor) you will notice that you can't reach anything over the VPN except the OpenVPN host. All posts have a poll with a rating of 1 to 5, with 5 being best, to rate the quality of service, etc. VPN APPLIANCE VMWARE ★ Most Reliable VPN. x/24) from home on my iMac running Mac OS X 10. It is able to control all VPN clients to perform the same tasks on the VPN server. ''The network connection between your computer and the VPN server could not be established because the remote server is not responding. Our desktop client software is directly distributed from our Access Server User portal. Customers can innovate faster by rapidly developing, automatically delivering and more safely consuming any application. Explore the security forums and share your expertise about firewalls, email and web security, Identity Service Engine (ISE), VPN and AnyConnect and more. The Virtual Appliance Marketplace contains a variety of virtual appliances packaged in OVF format that you can download and deploy in your vSphere environment. So I don't want to install the HMA software and I don't event want to use the Windows VPN connection feature to connect to the HMA servers using PPTP/L2TP/whatever. VMware claims the Player offers better graphics, faster performance, and tighter integration than any other solution for virtualization. Accessibility PlanVPN VMWARE APPLIANCE ★ Most Reliable VPN. Turnkey GNU/Linux is a free Debian based library of system images that pre-integrates and polishes the best free software components into secure, easy to use solutions. Enterprises, schools, and government agencies around the world rely on pfSense to provide dependable, full-featured network security in the cloud. The only step that is remaining is to restart OpenVPN with the command sudo /etc/init. But when I connect to company's VPN with cisco anyconnect, I immediately lose the connection to the VM. Fortinet delivers high-performance, integration security solutions for global enterprise, mid-size, and small businesses. 1 billion buy of cloud-native endpoint security vendor Carbon Black to provide more comprehensive integrated security. It enables companies to partition a physical server into multiple virtual machines and to. Fast Servers in 94 Countries. Yes, that is my problem: When VMware and OpenVPN are used in the same time, Windows 10 uses Route Metric + Interface Metric to determine that VMware interface is a better route, and take its DNS. My goal is to access the company network (10. Hi Does anyone know of any Vmware appliances that can be used to setup SSL / IPSEC VPN ? also needs to be able to LDAP AD for authentication ? Let me know ?. Learn about the similarities and differences between VMware Cloud on AWS and Azure VMware Solutions. Vyatta is a subsidiary of American telecommunications company AT&T that provides software-based virtual router, virtual firewall and VPN products for Internet Protocol networks (IPv4 and IPv6). Our Access Server VPN appliance for VMWare ESXi is meant for ESXi 5. This article shows how to configure, setup and verify site-to-site Crypto IPSec VPN tunnel between Cisco routers. In a bridged VPN all layer-2 frames - e. But now it's trying. Built on VMware's industry-leading virtualization technology, our solutions deliver a new model of IT that is fluid, instant and more secure. Bridged OpenVPN Server Setup (Last updated December 21, 2018. Together, VMware and NVIDIA are breaking the boundaries of VDI with GPU-accelerated performance. CyberGhost VPN is a piece of software that hides your IP address and reroutes your internet traffic through an encrypted VPN tunnel. Click here for a list of certified thin clients, zero clients, and other partner solutions for VMware Horizon. x/24) from home on my iMac running Mac OS X 10. Configuring Site to Site IPSec VPN Tunnel Between Cisco Routers; The above network diagram was designed using GNS3 in a simulated environment consisting of two CallManager clusters, one at the Headquarters (CUCM) with an IP Communicator client (CIPC_HQ) assigned with extension 2002 and at the remote branch we have a CallManager Express system with an IP Communicator client (CIPC_BR) with. Re: VPN w/ VMWare Edge Gateway 04-26-2014 11:20 AM I have not done this with Vmware, but the process is pretty similar on any product where you need to run a site-to-site vpn through a firewall. NSX Edge supports site-to-site IPSec VPN between an NSX Edge instance and remote sites. exe (old installer) Adds the OpenVPN Technologies code-signing certificate to the certificate store under "Local computer -> Trusted Publishers". The VPN tunnel can be disabled or deleted under VPN options. OpenVPN Connect is the free and full-featured VPN Client that is developed in-house. The VPN is traversing over 2 10meg Etherstream connections, speed isnt an issue here, especially as it works with other hosts in remote locations (datacenters etc) Andrew Hancock (VMware vExpert / EE Fellow) VMware and Virtualization Consultant. Enterprises, schools, and government agencies around the world rely on pfSense to provide dependable, full-featured network security in the cloud. For security Duke VPN now requires Multifactor Authentication (MFA). It can run virtual machines created by other VMware products and by Microsoft Virtual PC. This VMWare ESXi server will be allocated a public IP. The SSL VPN client is lightweight and easy to use but the initial setup on the server side can be a little daunting so this is a step by step guide to install SSL VPN with VMware NSX 6. I have a virtual machine running Windows Server 2008 R2 that is used as a build machine for our projects. To run the build, the vm must be connected to a VPN (using a GlobalProtect client). Setup a VPN host within a VM If 1) then the IP doesn't matter much as the VPN sets up its own tunnel in a predefined network range. You can use RRAS (built into Server 2003) to provide the VPN services. how to Nordvpn Vmware Ova for Ring. Each region can have one VPN gateway, which can support multiple connections. x in Windows guest, you may experience one or more of these symptoms: Installing or upgrading of VMware Tools to 10. The following topics explain the steps to install the SSL VPN-Plus Client on various operating systems. Intro: Some time ago I wrote an article on how to configure Citrix NetScaler Cloudbridge Connector with Microsoft Azure IPSEC Site-to-Site VPN tunnel NATed behind a router, since then I got some requests to showcase the same configuration using VMware…. ) between your computer and the remote server is not configured to allow VPN connections. OpenVPN is an Open Source VPN server and client that is supported on a variety of platforms, including pfSense® software. Review of SonicWALL Global VPN. The Barracuda SSL VPN. Vyatta is a subsidiary of American telecommunications company AT&T that provides software-based virtual router, virtual firewall and VPN products for Internet Protocol networks (IPv4 and IPv6). VMware Horizon Client for Android makes it easy to work on your VMware Horizon virtual desktop and hosted applications from your Android phone or tablet, giving you on-the-go access from any location. By using KVM and Libvirt in a CentOS 6 server, it is able to create a large number of virtual VPN clients and connect those client machines to the VPN server at the same time. Setup examples are also provided on the OpenVPN community website. Over time, you need to charge the 1 last update 2019/09/13 battery with the 1 last update 2019/09/13 USB charger. You can use it to:Modify an existing virtual network adapter. ----- Cloud: Airwatch SaaS Console Server. Procedures include creating and configuring a VPN profile and testing VPN access to VMware Workspace ONE. Fast Servers in 94 Countries. Disguise your online identity and access blocked apps and sites with Hotspot Shield while keeping your mobile activities anonymous, private and secure! Hotspot Shield VPN Proxy is the most trusted security, privacy and access platform with top performance in speed, stability, and security. that is running windows 7 x64 - pro that is running a vmware workstation virtual machine (also W7 X64 pro). This article provides steps to configure the vShield Edge Gateway's IPsec parameters. Responsible for the provisioning of complex server infrastructures including, but not limited to, the design, implementation and support of VMware server infrastructure. The Virtual Network Adapter is recognized by the Windows operating system and applications running on Windows as a network device in the same way as a physical network adapter. The VMware Feature Walkthrough site provides step-by-step guidance for installing, configuring & managing VMware products & solutions. Vyatta is a subsidiary of American telecommunications company AT&T that provides software-based virtual router, virtual firewall and VPN products for Internet Protocol networks (IPv4 and IPv6). This VMWare ESXi server will be allocated a public IP. Monitoring – The management layer including NSX components in SDDC are monitored by VMware and Edge issues are VMware’s responsibility. The always on feature lets you remotely manage VPN clients, because if the remote computer is turned on and Internet connected, it's available to manage. The Shrew Soft VPN Client for Windows is available in two different editions, Standard and Professional. This allows customers the flexibility to purchase VMware Cloud on AWS either through AWS or VMware, or the AWS Solution Provider or VMware VPN Solution Provider of their choice. Launch a VPN client in the VDI, connecting to a VPN which enforces isolation. Over the past few years I have posted a three versions over the years since they were released. I can reach it and work on it. Completing this application is the first step to joining our program and reaping available benefits. Since the VPN software is only supported on Windows, I connect to the VPN via Windows XP SP3 running inside VMWare Fusion. Point-to-Site VPN connection is the simplest way to connect to your Private Cloud from your computer. IMPORTANT NOTE: A VMware Horizon virtual desktop or hosted application is required to use the VMware Horizon Client for iOS. With such setup the host operating system would not know of it. Fast Servers in 94 Countries. VMware claims the Player offers better graphics, faster performance, and tighter integration than any other solution for virtualization. 1 billion buy of cloud-native endpoint security vendor Carbon Black to provide more comprehensive integrated security.
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Dontre Hamilton’s family gathers today in the park where he was shot 14 times by Milwaukee cop, Christopher Manney six months ago. Despite multiple investigations, and the firing of Manney, they have not been told if he will face criminal charges.
The Houston Chronicle reports the family is asking that those charges be filed and more training for officers in dealing with mentally ill individuals.
Now the family wants more: criminal charges for the officer, and improvements in the way mentally ill people — Hamilton had schizophrenia — are treated by police and social service programs.
“They messed with the wrong family. … I’m not going to back down,” said Nate Hamilton, Dontre Hamilton’s brother.
Hamilton’s family participated in a vigil days after his April 30 death but then said little publicly as they waited out an investigation into the shooting. They wanted details about what happened and the officer disciplined. They were frustrated months later, when protests erupted in Ferguson following the shooting of a black 18-year-old, Michael Brown, by a white officer.
Through their attorney, the family sent out a press release outlining the facts and expressing the frustration that they still have not been given any evidence to support the claims by Manney that Hamilton attacked him.
As of today — six months after the fatal shooting – the family has been provided no evidence supporting Christopher Manney’s claims of an alleged vicious attack by Mr. Hamilton. No documents or information have yet been made available relating to:
Photographic substantiation of any of Christopher Manney’s alleged injuries to his head, face, neck, shoulders, chest or back, the areas claimed to have been struck by Dontre’s fists and the wooden baton.
Medical record substantiation of any of Christopher Manney’s alleged injuries.
The Milwaukee Police Union is taking a no confidence vote today on Chief Ed Flynn for his firing of Manney.
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The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict is not only one of the most complicated challenges of our time; it influences countless related contemporary problems. Leaders of the past and present have worked to address it, with limited success. This week our team of emerging leaders took their turn, with hopeful results.
We began on Monday with a two-hour overview of the conflict. Stepping through the mine fields of loaded language and divergent narratives, we attempted to pin down key events and key negotiation sticking points (settlements, right of return, Jerusalem, etc.) and the various interpretations others have offered about them. The morning was filled with excellent questions and complex answers.
On Wednesday, we took a short Metro ride to the Woodrow Wilson Center and met with the experienced negotiator, advisor, and academic Aaron David Miller. Miller, who was at the table for the United States during the 2000 Camp David II negotiations and who has counseled six Secretaries of State, calls himself an “idealist without illusion” (after John F. Kennedy) and encouraged our students to consider that philosophy. He also shared his perspectives on the conflict and gave some of the reasons it appears more intractable than ever. Chief among those reasons: a decreasing ability to focus for long periods of time on an issue due to technology and social media, and a lack of empathy. His words exhorting our students to overcome those challenges were scribbled earnestly in two dozen notebooks.
On Thursday, we took another Metro ride up Connecticut Avenue to visit the Israeli Embassy. There the students got an insider’s view of the conflict from Jack Sztrigler, Director of Strategic Outreach and Galia Nurko, Director of National Media. The students left these visits with a deeper appreciation for the complexity of the situation, the effect of the conflict on the Israeli people and government, as well as a greater understanding of the role of international diplomats in promoting and bridging different points of view.
On Friday we met with Ghaith al-Omari, former Executive Director of the American Task Force on Palestine and current senior fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy. Al-Omari, the 2015 SEGL Golden Mug Award winner, was at the table for the Palestinians during Camp David II and has served as Director of the International Relations Department in the Office of the Palestinian President, and advisor to Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas. His thoughts, delivered in the organized prose of an Oxford-educated lawyer (as he is), made students think as well. Is it better to curse setbacks in the peace process, or do setbacks only underscore the importance of staying engaged? What is the best way for college students to work on this issue?
The three points of view we heard this week are only three on a vibrant spectrum. These three perspectives, however, gave plenty of fodder for student conversation. How important is honoring opposing narratives in resolving conflict? Are negotiations the best strategy going, forward? If not, what is the best strategy? If so, how do we ensure they are successful? These are just a few of the topics our students proposed for reflection.
Meanwhile, the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia dominated news coverage this week. Because of our residential location across the street from the Supreme Court, we had a front row view at mourners and protesters of all stripes. On Friday, at the request of students, we held morning classes in the residence in order to join the thousands lining up to pay tribute to the influential jurist, who lay in repose in the Supreme Court’s Great Hall. The experience was powerful and provocative, generating lots of reflection and conversation about Scalia’s impact, the way we honor the dead, the U.S. Presidential Election, and how we get along with each other despite our differing views. You can watch a short video clip of some students filing past Scalia’s casket via C-SPAN here (note that taking pictures was allowed, and that the four people standing by the casket are former Scalia law clerks). You can read a current student’s perspective on our visit here.
Next up: more Supreme Court intrigue as we tackle “affirmative action” and the landmark Fisher v. University of Texas case (to be re-argued this spring before the Court).
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September 1st, 2009 § 1 comment § permalink
Nadine Dorries gets it wrong concerning the new law regarding names on birth certificates…
A function to attend mid morning and then the rest of the day peppered with interviews regarding the new law about to come into effect with allows lesbian couples to name who they wish on the birth certificate of a child they may have conceived and given birth to via fertility treatment.
A child with two mothers, neither of whom may have any DNA connection with the child.
So, lesbian couples are now allowed to name who they want on the birth certificate. That’s fucking great. If I was a lesbian couple, I would put on it put Batman and Marge Simpson. That’ll be something for the nipper to talk about later in life, wouldn’t it?
Seriously though, if two women are having fertility treatment, then there are two lots of egg, two uterii (*shrugs* I don’t know) and it’s gonna be highly unlikely that the treatment will involve nothing from the couple themselves, is it?
What is the difference between the women and a male and female couple having no DNA connection to their eventual offspring? Sorry, did you say something? No? Wouldn’t that make adoption for any kind of couple undesirable, regardless of sexual orientation?
…until this week was the strong and legal requirement issued by government that a birth certificate required the names of a child’s mother and father, a man and a woman.
To rephrase, until this week was the strong (wtf?) and legal requirement issued by government (it’s the law, yes?) that a birth certificate has the names of a childs’ mother and a male name. That male name could be Fred Fucking Flintstone for all the law cares, if it does actually care.
The evidence to prove that the traditional family structure, of mum, dad and children is the one which works best for a strong society is overwhelming.
The evidence may *prove* that the traditional family that Nadine suggests works best, but then it would’ve been not long ago that the traditional family structure of mum, dad, children and grandparents works best. Before that, the evidence would probably suggest that ot would be better to have lots of uncles and aunties living in the family too.
The evidence may suggest that mum, dad and the kids works best because of the lack of evidence of other family structures. What does the evidence say about kids with two mums or two dads? Does it say they grow up ok, mentally balanced and productive members of society or would the kids be turned into Teh Gays? Or is it growing up with homosexual parents going to make the young ‘un a axe wielding maniac or compulsive shoplifter?
I support civil partnership. I voted for it and I think it is fantastic that gay couples can be afforded the legal protection they were once denied and lived without. I also believe that those relationships deserved the protection, status and emotional support and comfort all marriages benefit from and enjoy.
Isn’t it nice how those gays can play at happy families now. They can even have a ceremony where they get a certificate at the end of it and everything.
However, when it comes to the nurturing and rearing of a child, that is a decision that has to be selfless.
But kids… whoa! That’s taking things toooooo far! Cos straight people never do things selfishly. Never have kids to try and save a doomed marriage and condemn a kid to an environment of backbiting and sniping, at best, in the family home. Those gays, all they think about is bumming each other and marching about the place dressed up, or down, to the nines in one of those Gay Proud marches.
The legislation about to come into effect delivers the message that the family unit which has underpinned a functioning society for thousands of years is de-valued in the eyes of the government.
Thousands of years? Hahaha! Twat.
How about looking at it the other way…it’s not de-valuing regular, straight-up marraige but saying other types of unions between two people that love each other are ok. How about we introduce a Love Test for teh Gays, just to make sure they don’t just selfishly want a fashion accessory that’s a little different from the usual toy dog hanging off their arm?
Nadine’s not usually a ‘glass is empty’ person, is she?
There is no evidence that lesbian couples stay together longer than heterosexual couples.
Do homosexual couples need to stay together *longer* than heterosexual couples? How long is long enough? I was under the impression hetero couples stayed together for 30, 40, 50 even 60 years, but I also understand that hetero couples also break up after 6 months, 12months, 2, 3, 4 years and all the years in between, too.
No evidence to show they make better parents…
There was no evidence Nadine would make a good MP either. Oh, hang on. That’s not helping my point is it?
We have many kinds of family today. I’m a single mum. We have families which consist of step-parents and children and lots of people working hard to make their new families work.
I bet Nadine really hates it when people suggest that she is a crap mother or she’s not bringing up her kids properly because she is a single mother. Is there a difference?
Some of those people wanting to work hard to make their family work just happen to love someone of the same sex as themselves. Is that wrong?
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SNL's Tom Petty tribute -why it sucked and why SNL sucks too
SNL's Tom Petty tribute -why it sucked and why SNL sucks too Oct 11, 2017 3:08:07 GMT
Post by thisonehurts on Oct 11, 2017 3:08:07 GMT
Extracts from a six-page thread that was twice-Gorted before being completely disappeared...
motownboy:
The tribute by Jason Aldean was fitting except that he sang every other note flat... I guess he didn't have time to rehearse?
nosticker:
I wonder if almost being killed onstage would affect your breath control while singing days later?
PlushFieldHarpy:
It's like when Leonard Cohen died and they had that person dressed like Hillary Clinton singing "Hallelujah".
Kevin j:
except that person wasn't on stage a week before during the worst mass shooting in US history.
It was politicizing a great artist's death, which is kind of weird. But SNL has to politicize EVERYTHING.
how exactly was it politicizing tom petty's death? I think the words "you can stand me up at the gates of hell but I won't back down" speak pretty clearly to what that dude went through when he was ON STAGE when the bullets started flying.
Daryl M:
I'm sure that when Jason Aldean took the stage in Las Vegas last Sunday night he never thought he'd be opening up SNL the following Saturday singing a Tom Petty song.
Terrapin Station, normanbterrier, ccbarr and 5 others like this.
It was fitting for Jason Aldean to sing it. However, the weak link was Aldean's performance, which was horrible. I don't understand his popularity.
Joe F:
Still , I have no reason to doubt Aldean's sincerity. He was there that night and will carry the memory around for the rest of his life.
Dinstun:
I'm not usually bothered too much by live off key vocals, but this had me cringing and wanting it to end.
Chop:
Could not agree more. Totally pedestrian performance. That song is hard to **** up.
JFS3:
If you are going to do a live tribute to someone of Petty's stature, then you make sure to get one of his peers (such as Bob Dylan), and have them backed up by either the original lineup of The Heartbreakers, or a supergroup of fellow luminaries whom Petty respected and worked with during his lifetime. Anything less is unacceptable.
Now I'm not a fan of modern country, but you can't tell me there isn't some overlap with rock fans, and I'm sure that many who were killed at the Aldean show were also Tom Petty fans.
noname74:
Strange people on here today. Dude watched 58 of his fans die and 100s injured so he wants to sing a tribute and picks a song Petty himself used after a mass killing (9/11) and people criticize him.
My tribute to Tom Petty is not watching Aldean/SNL.
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Splungeworthy:
It's only been a week folks. Try and look at it from Aldean's perspective-he will forever know that a lot of people died simply because they were there to see him. Even though there shouldn't be the slightest inference of guilt on his part for what took place, he has to live with this for the rest of his life.
Isaac K:
The most country thing about him is his hat. And look how the band itself was dressed. For Pete's sake, no self respecting country musician would be caught dead in a Van Halen shirt!
colgems1966:
I thought he had a lot of nerve to show up there and sing that song considering his actions.
Whose "actions?" Aldean's? What am I missing?
it's there for all to see and interpret.
Prudence1964:
I'm guessing he thinks Aldean should have somehow stayed on stage and saved everyone's life in some movie script type of way that has no basis in reality.
or maybe just issue a warning over the PA system from a safe space or offer your resources to help the wounded.... I saw then being transported in ordinary pickups. How many could a tour bus hold?
JAG:
to criticize anybody for not knowing how to act when hundreds of bullets are raining down per minute is ridiculous...he is not superman he is a guy with a guitar
It's not a question of bravery. He ran that's understandable but those were HIS fans. I've seen the footage lots of people were helping with the wounded. His first tweet was Don't worry ME and MY crew are ok.....since deleted btw. What about those other families?
........did he do anything to help his fans? If so please tell me.
Recently, I began a thread about what unreleased Petty there might be, for which I was summarily threadcrapped and pitchforked.
I'm pretty sure any course of action would be an improvement upon merely standing there.
I'm not getting the hate for Aldean.
Wombat Reynolds:
I am. Its politically motivated. If it was Bruce Springsteen, the other side would be outraged.
It's not political. I just don't feel he did the right thing. If anything it's an authenticity question.
overdrivethree:
The assertion that he should have stayed on stage and warned/directed people is absolutely ridiculous. Possibly the most outlandish statement I've ever seen on this forum. It's beyond me how anyone can come to that conclusion.
windfall:
Nothing wrong with singing flat if that's what your intending. Seems pretty clear to me he was trying to sing in tune and failing.
Less than a week before, he was shot at and numerous fans died *at his concert.*
So not even a week later, at the last minute, he does a cold *live* open on a show he wouldn't have otherwise been on, and performs a beloved song in tribute to those who lost their lives. And "oh, he sang flat?"
jimac51:
For those thinking that SNL is purely a skit show,know that it is entertainment,first and foremost,and usually features two musical segments per show. As early as the shows' second episode in 1975 featured host Paul Simon ,Randy Newman, Phoebe Snow and a surprise visit form Art Garfunkel. That show had ten songs with limited comedy bits(remember the troupe was called The Not Ready For Prime Time Players for good reason). One gets the feeling that Lorne Michaels was experimenting with what the format could be.The first episode,hosted by George Carlin,was stand up heavy. Not only were Carlin's bits isolated from the flow of the show,there was also another stand-up on the bill. That one had two musical acts. Trial and error. Today,two songs from one act and stand-up usually limited to the guest host's opening monologue. The cold open has been one spot to try and experiment,at least from the post 9/11/01 episode. It seems like sometimes the week's events overcome the ability for silliness at the open. Many of the nightly talk shows currently use this as well.
Chris Schoen:
How come these country musicians all look the same? I had to laugh. Nice that he visited the Vegas area hospitals to give support
to the victims. Wonder if there will be any more concerts at that venue.
I'm sure Jason Aldean had some idea of the direction of the gunfire because he sure managed to run in the opposite direction as fast as his boots would carry him.
overdriverthree:
None of us were there. But the last thing I'd ever suggest is "gee, Aldean should have been out there doing something." Considering his pregnant wife was there, ducking for cover, I would imagine it was imperative to make sure she was okay.
misterclean:
Maybe it's just me, but I can't imagine performing in front of a televised audience a mere 5 days after being involved in such a catastrophic event.
He's a pro, and clearly sees the performance "opportunities".
that show hasnt been funny in decades. Every time I turn it on now, its about politics, and always from the same ridiculously biased agenda-driven point of view.
zeki:
I've seen some crazy threads here before but this one has turned into one nutter of a direction. Incredible.
It's always been political. Remember when Aykroyd and Belushi did the "Nixon resignation eve" sketch? I wasn't even born yet, and I remember.
SNL had a political viewpoint pretty early on and it alays veered left. Chevy Chase's first Ford impersonation-episode 4,11/8/75. Ford as a Bumbling Bozo,with no attempt for Chase to resemble Ford at all-and that was part of the joke. Ford and press secretary Ron Nessen even showed up on the show a few months later;an attempt,during the election year,to be seen going along with the joke. This kind of thing might have helped Nixon when he showed up on Laugh-In in 1968,but this backfired and may have been a component for Ford losing. At least the line had been drawn for SNL viewers:many may not have been able to vote in '68,but this new bunch of voters would have nothing but scorn for Ford. It was mean spirited but effective.
Steve Hoffman, Your Host:
Moderators, can you please remove this thread from my Forum? Thanks.
Last Edit: Oct 11, 2017 3:51:32 GMT by thisonehurts
Post by Boozin' Susan on Oct 11, 2017 8:00:51 GMT
Good Lord, that colgems1966 guy is a real piece of work. Might be a SHite to watch.
CHOKE YOURSELF
SNL's Tom Petty tribute -why it sucked and why SNL sucks too Oct 11, 2017 14:19:57 GMT
Post by Digestive Biscuit on Oct 11, 2017 14:19:57 GMT
colgems1966's brand of verbose cluelessness does make him stand out, but no one can infuriate with just a few poats like PlushFieldHarpy. Witless, bigoted and clinically depressed.
Post by hoffa_nagila on Oct 11, 2017 15:02:42 GMT
STeVE could have stood there and poated nothing, but instead he got the gorts to remove this awful thread from his forum. STeVE won't back down.
Post by Brick Wall on Oct 11, 2017 16:48:13 GMT
Oct 11, 2017 8:00:51 GMT Boozin' Susan said:
+1. Poater Tourney 2018, anyone?
"Don't get me wrong, I'm one of them there millionaires, bucko, and I could buy anything I wanted..."
- S.H. 10/22/16
Urethra Franklin
Location: Shitlington Crags
Post by Urethra Franklin on Oct 11, 2017 18:05:55 GMT
Good idea. Most of the old favs are still there. But some of the newbies are climbing that ladder of infamy.
Post by graucho on Oct 11, 2017 21:00:59 GMT
Oct 11, 2017 3:08:07 GMT thisonehurts said:
Like he can't do it himself? I wonder what the Gorts get out of it. The perks can't be that great.
Last Edit: Oct 11, 2017 21:09:24 GMT by graucho
Oct 11, 2017 21:00:59 GMT graucho said:
They get to fluff STeVE's pubes.
For SHites, it's the ultimate honor.
antiram
Post by antiram on Oct 12, 2017 14:52:16 GMT
colgems1966 caught my attention a few months ago. He kept calling Academy Award Winning Motion Picture Director Ron Howard "opie" because he was irate that he was directing a Beatles film, and he seemed intent on humiliating Whoopi Goldberg, whom he essentially calls a liar and outs her real name for no reason:
colgems1966 said:
.........wow all of you are being very hard on Opie. Frankly you're not giving him the credit he deserves. Only he alone could co-mingle the universes of the Beatles and Whoopi Goldberg.
Well Whoopi (t/n Caryn Johnson) claimed she was at Shea Staduim......of course I never spotted her in the crowd........
There was visual evidence of Sigourney Weaver attending..........just saying
As an aside, I will mention that Spring 2017 were heady days for SHite Beatards; they had Opie's movie, the archive edition Flowers in the Dirt, and the Deluxe Pepper to hold utter bitchfests about.
"Would you like to see pictures of me before I got like this?" --Mean Mr. Mayo/jeatleboe
Post by thisonehurts on Oct 12, 2017 19:29:29 GMT
Oct 12, 2017 14:52:16 GMT antiram said:
August was heady days for colgems1966. He finally managed to offload that piece of crap with the black woman in it.
My copy is now happily gone, traded away to a record dealer. If I feel the need I will watch anthology. It would be even better if the powers that be released The Compleat Beatles. That was the best IMO and it was made in 1982 before political correctness and historical revisionism crept in.
colgems1966, Aug 3, 2017
Last Edit: Oct 12, 2017 19:30:18 GMT by thisonehurts
Post by antiram on Oct 13, 2017 4:02:14 GMT
Oct 12, 2017 19:29:29 GMT thisonehurts said:
colgems1966 sure does take the predictably boring and conservative and clueless road of the SHIite with that comment.
I actually dusted off my downloaded .avi of "Compleat Beatles" this year, watching it for perhaps the first time since about 1983. I forgot how fucking boring that thing is. It contains almost no music at all (I was surprised how little was there; I had remembered there being much more) and the talking heads (Gerry Marsden, Tony Sheridan, Paul McCartney, etc.) are about as dull and uninsightful as you can get and they do drone on and on... Not to mention, it has never been remastered, so the color, sound, and definition are shit.
If that's what he wants to endure in order to commune with the Beatles before black people took over (that is his objection, isn't it? That politically correct Blacks have ruined the Beatles?), then he deserves to watch it into infinity...
Last Edit: Oct 13, 2017 4:10:14 GMT by antiram
I agree. The Compleat Beatles is something that needs to stay in VHS landfill. No merit in it whatsoever.
Post by Boozin' Susan on Oct 13, 2017 14:04:08 GMT
Oct 13, 2017 11:05:07 GMT Urethra Franklin said:
Actually, I thought some of the early-years stuff was interesting. It was good to see interviews with Tony Sheridan and the Beatles' first manager (as well as a few others).
Mixing content from that documentary and Anthology (which is pretty much only the Beatles) would give a fairly decent overview of the group's history.
Oct 13, 2017 14:04:08 GMT Boozin' Susan said:
Yeah Susan, you are correct. I was being a bit disingenuous. For its time it wasn't bad. It was all that was available from the Beatles documentary wise in 1982.
Last Edit: Oct 13, 2017 14:35:08 GMT by Urethra Franklin
Post by COLA on Oct 20, 2017 10:55:09 GMT
Was The Compleat Beatles the one that had one of their old Hamburg flunky no marks stumbling up and down the Reeperbahn, pointing upwards at random windows and slurring things like "Ja, that is where they slept. Four guys of them!"?
On the other hand, that guy was vastly more entertaining and informative than 2000 pages of Mark Lewissohn describing the slum flat where John Lennon's great great grand uncle lived after getting off the canoe from Carrickfergus of whatever the fuck it was.
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Tag Archives: special needs
Final Countdown to BETT special needs awards
December 2, 2011 awards, BETT, New technologies, software, special needsAwards, software, special needsSal
The shortlists for the BETT awards have been announced and there are seven candidates left in the running for the ICT Special Educational Needs Solutions award:
Soundbeam 5, uses motion sensors to help those with physical, sensory or learning disabilities to create music. http://www.soundbeam.co.uk/
VOICEYE, Forcetenco makes Word documents accessible to those who need learning print or speech support www.forcetenco.co.uk/voiceye
Signed Stories, ITV SignPost. At last, there is a nomination which benefits the deaf community. It has a host of stories with a strong visual appeal in British Sign Language (BSL) and subtitles to be shared with hearing family and friends . http://www.signedstories.com
Something Special – Out and About, BBC. To celebrate the 100th episode of the very popular programme Something Special the BBC has a new website with lots of accessible games and of course Mr Tumble http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/somethingspecial/games/somethingspecial-outandabout
Boardmaker Studio, Mayer-Johnson comes with device overlays and starter templates for hundreds of activities including maths surveys, quizzes and games. Students can record and playback their own audio recordings for speech and language activities. http://www.mayer-johnson.com/boardmaker-studio/
Matrix Maker, Inclusive Technology. This has a mass of templates, symbols, pictures and resources. It will help teachers and therapists make communication overlays as well as worksheets, timetables labels and games. http://www.inclusive.co.uk/matrix-maker
Smooth Talker from Inclusive Technology is a really simple single switch communicator for special schools and early years settings. It will help children to develop basic communication skills http://www.inclusive.co.uk/smooth-talker-p4946
All will be revealed at the awards ceremony on Wednesday 11 January 2012 at the Hilton, Park Lane, London and on this site on 12th January.
nasen Awards 2011 – Celebrating Inclusive Practice
May 23, 2011 disability, New technologies, special needsAwards, nasen, special needs, technologySal
I am heading north this week to cover the nasen awards for Special Children magazine. Four products have been shortlisted for the ICT Resource to support Teaching and Learning Award.
2011 is the National Year of Communication so fittingly 3 entries support speaking and listening skills:
Short listed entry Recordable Bar
Recordable Bar/Story Sequencer from TTS Group can be used to create talking stories, class timetables or question and answer games
Sound Shuffle from TTS Group was created by Carol Allen, advisory teacher for ICT and special needs in North Tyneside. It is a brand new device for creating stories, sequencing and sound effects.
Logan Proxtalkerwas created by Glen Dobbs for Logan Technologies. It is a moveable picture communication device originally devised for children with autism
MyZone from Inclusive Technology Limited provides a simple desktop and a wealth of activities for people with dis aor ldd who need to access a computer via speech and pictures rather than text
The winners will be announced at a special ceremony at the Reebok Stadoium in Bolton as part of Special Needs North.
Sharing a platform with big names
January 28, 2010 Literacy, New technologies, special needs, youth and communityEducation Show 2010, exhibition, Literacy, special needsSal
I am very pleased to say that I will be presenting at the Literacy Forum at the Education Show in March. This features many well known names from the world of reading and children’s literature, including former children’s laureate Michael Rosen, Dr Rona Tutt OBE, chair of the board of trustees at the National Literacy Association, novelist Aidan Chambers and Wendy Cooling, who set up the Bookstart Project.
I am running a workshop in the afternoon, showing some of the materials and discussing findings from my book Screens and Pages published by NIACE.
I am particularly pleased that I will get a chance to meet Verna Wilkins, author and founder of Tamarind Books It is really hard to find books which reflect a West Indian heritage and I usually buy some titles at the special needs show in Islington each October for Christmas presents. One of my favourites is Princess Katrina and the Hair Charmer, a great celebration of the beauty of unruly curly hair.
Come and join us on Friday 5th March, at the NEC and help to shape a ‘manifesto’ publication. This will be co-ordinated by the National Literacy Association, supported by Pearson and will reflect the views of delegates and presenters on the day. The aim of the manifesto will be to change attitudes towards reading in the UK, in order to improve literacy rates and encourage more children to read for pleasure.
If you want to make a difference to literacy and have your views included in the manifesto, visit www.education-show.com/reading and book your tickets. Attendance to the ‘Future of Reading’ Literacy Forum is £150 plus VAT for the full day programme.
After the Forum, delegates can come to the drinks reception sponsored by Scholastic. See you there!
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[Kerberos] A Small Menagerie
(Cross-posted on ArcDream.com.)
You may be aware of an incredible event that took place recently. If you were there, one day you will tell your grandchildren about it. If you weren't, you've no doubt heard about it by now. I'm speaking, of course, about the live Q&A chat-thingie Benjamin Baugh and I participated in last week on the RPG.net IRC channel. The topic, of course, was The Kerberos Club (FATE Edition).
(Incidentally, there's a sweet sale going on through December 15th -- $10 off on the print-and-PDF bundle, or, if you already own it, trade in your first printing for the second printing for only $10+s/h. Click on the link up there for more details.)
Going in, I'd fully expected to just sit back and watch the questions for Ben roll by, but to my surprise, I had to do a lot of typing. A lot of fast typing. Moderator Dan Davenport had a bunch of questions to keep me busy, and there were plenty flying at me from everyone else. So yeah -- good times. It's always gratifying to see other people's enthusiasm for the book.
One thing that came up was that people wanted to see some write-ups for animals. There's already a horse write-up in there (on page 98) -- something of a "hero" horse, complete with skills, stress tracks, and consequences. But unless you count Archibald Monroe, Kemnebi Meti, or the Pre-Human Horror, that's the only animal in there. And I don't know about you, but I have entirely too much respect for Dr. Archibald (and fear of the other two) to think that.
So here is the first of at least two posts of statted-out animals. Season to taste, as always.
Sewer Rat (Average Minion)
The bane of civilized society
Average (+1): Physical
Aspects:
Ravenous Vermin
Swarm! Swarm!
Swimming in Disease
Impact: Physical scope
Notes: Individually, of course, rats aren't a big deal. It's when there's a whole swarm of them that they pose a danger. Terrifyingly so, in fact. To reflect this, put more than five of them in a group. Their Impact Gift can give them a reliable advantage in combat. The consequences they deal should involve disease more often than not, although the specifics, of course, are up to the GM.
Wolf (Fair Minion)
Savage forest hunter
Fair (+2): Physical (E)
Average (+1): Mental
Pack Mentality
Keen Senses
Notes: Is it really so unreasonable to find wolves in London? Not werewolves, mind you -- just regular ones. Hyde Park is huge, for one thing. Who knows what's in there? And I saw a fox once by St. Paul's, so it seems likely enough to me.
Gorilla (Adversary)
Imported from the Dark Continent
Great (+4): Brawn (E)
Good (+3): Athletics (E), Intimidation
Fair (+2): Endurance (E), Alertness, Survival
Powerful Arms and Jaws
Daunting Displays of Dominance
Fearsome Teeth
Theme: +1 Survival in native environment, Use Intimidation instead of Resolve to defend against fear/intimidation, Use Brawn instead of Fists when fighting unarmed
Equipment: Teeth (Deadly x2: Weapon 2 [Health], Aspect: Ripping and Tearing)
Impact: Brawn
Weapon 1 [Health] (Weapon 3 [Health] with Teeth)
Armor 1 [Health]
Move 1 zone as a free action (run/leap/climb)
Stress and Consequences:
Health: OOO OO [Armor 1]
Mental: OOO
Notes: An adult silverback is going to be a challenge for a great many Strangers; the average Londoner, of course, doesn't stand much of a chance. You'll notice that the Equipment Gift has been used here to quantify something that's most definitely not mere Equipment -- the gorilla's teeth. Using Equipment like this is a good way to give your animals a little more fine-grain detail. If you want to get a little more Howardian about it, give it an aspect of "Albino Man-Eater."
Great Cat (Adversary)
Suitable for all manner of lions and tigers
Great (+4): King of the Jungle (E)
Good (+3): Alertness (E), Stealth
Fair (+2): Brawn (E), Endurance, Survival
Unique and Strange Skills:
King of the Jungle (Strike, Dodge, Move, Leap, Climb, Menace + Zone)
The Incomparable Grace of a Jungle Cat
Claw/Claw/Bite
Intimidating Roar
Majestic Beast
Theme: Use King of the Jungle instead of Resolve to defend against fear/intimidation, +1 Survival in native environment, +2 Stealth with maneuvers
Equipment: Teeth and Claws (Deadly: Weapon 1 [Health], Well-Made: +1 King of the Jungle with Strike)
Impact: King of the Jungle
Signature Aspect: Majestic Beast
Weapon 1 [Health] (Weapon 2 [Health] with Teeth and Claws)
Move 1 zone as a free action (run/leap)
Health OOO OO
Composure OOO
Notes: If you're a purist, you'll want to make some adjustments to differentiate between lions and tigers (tigers are generally larger and fiercer), but unless you're having a lion-vs.-tiger cage match, this write-up should do fine for either of them.
Anaconda (Fair Minion)
Sinister serpent of the Amazon
Huge Aquatic Snake
Tightening Coils
Strong as Steel Cable
Equipment: Constricting Coils (Deadly x1: Weapon 1 [Health], Well-Made: +1 Physical)
Notes: While this anaconda is a Minion, it's pretty easy to turn it into an Adversary if you want something more like a giant anaconda (which probably doesn't exist, but whatever). Keep the same aspects, use the gorilla's skill pyramid (I realize this sounds crazy, but it works) and Theme Gift, and give it a Minor Invulnerability to physical strength. This is a weird one, I know, and not how we usually use Invulnerability, but it means that whenever it has someone in its coils, its Brawn defense against that person's escape attempts is two Power Tiers higher. Because it is a giant anaconda.
Elephant (Adversary)
Asiatic or African, as you please
Superb (+5): Tough Hide (E)
Great (+4): Stampede (E)
Good (+3): Resolve, Alertness
Fair (+2): Brawn (S), Survival
Prehensile Trunk
Tough Hide
Ivory Tusks
Massive Size
Stampede!
Tough Hide (Resist Damage, Stress Capacity [Health])
Stampede (Move, Strike + Zone; Minor Snag: No free movement unless using also Stampede to attack in the same round)
Minor Invulnerability: Bludgeons
Equipment: Tusks (Deadly: Weapon 2 [Health], Alternate Use: Use Brawn instead of Fists for unarmed combat)
Theme: +2 Brawn with maneuvers, +1 Survival in native environment, Ignore penalties to movement from barriers/physical obstructions equal to or less than Great (+4) Stampede
Tier Benefits:
Weapon 2 [Health] (Weapon 4 [Health] with Tusks)
Move 1 zone as a free action when attacking with Stampede
Composure: OOO O
Notes: If you have a rampaging elephant in the streets of London, you pretty much need a Kerberan if you want something done about it. (Preferably, not the Kerberan who was responsible for putting it there in the first place.) Its Theme Gift basically lets it charge wherever it wants without much regard for walls or anything else that might be in its way.
Next time: dinosaurs!
Posted by Mike Olson at 8:41 AM 3 comments:
Aspects: animals, FATE, kerberos club, monsters, RPG
[Fantasy] Another Magic Idea
Sometimes -- on a pretty regular basis, even -- a post will appear on RPG.net to the effect of "I'm interested in FATE, but is there a good, simple, easy magic system for it?" I'm not sure why FATE in particular seems to attract this kind of inquiry so often. Occasionally, someone will ask something similar about Savage Worlds, but rarely does it come up with regards to most other generic systems.
Sure as the changing of the seasons, one such thread popped up a couple days ago, prompting myself and others to chime in with the usual round of responses. Specifically, the poster, disturbingly named irate fetus, was looking for "preferably something along the lines of DnD levels/spells per day." Fair enough.
Many responded to the call, including me, because I'm a sucker for that (and because it was pretty easy to plug Guy's Spirit of Greyhawk stuff on this very blog, which goes after AD&D-style "levels/spells per day" as a point of design). Building on something TheUnshaven suggested, and with helpful advice from TheMouse, I came up with something that also incorporated some of my own long-neglected, half-formed ideas. I think it's worth exploring here on the blog.
Suppose there is a magic-oriented skill called, I dunno, Magic. What you can do with this skill is determined by a magic-related aspect you have, like "Druid" or "Fire Mage" or something.
Give yourself a second skill pyramid that peaks at your Magic skill rating. So if you have Good (+3) Magic, your pyramid's apex is Good (+3). This is your spell pyramid. It has one Good (+3) slot, two Fair (+2) slots, and three Average (+1) slots. So far, they're all blank.
Every time you cast a spell, you claim one of the spell pyramid's slots, and use its rating as a bonus to your roll, just as if it were a skill. When you're out of blank slots, you're out of spells to cast for the day.
You know a number of spells equal to your Magic skill rating. Again, if it's Good (+3), you know three spells. Write 'em down. They only have to be names, and you only have to have a general idea about what they do -- don't sweat the details. So if your magic aspect is "Fire Mage," for example, your spells might be Fireball, Wall of Fire, and Flaming Bolt.
When you cast a spell, pick one of your spells and say what it's doing. It can Attack, Defend, Maneuver, Assess, or Block -- the standard FATE stuff. Whatever it is, it has to make sense within the confines of your general idea of what the spell does. You'll have a hard time Assessing with Fireball, for example, but an easy time Blocking with Wall of Fire. However, if you want to Attack with Wall of Fire, go ahead. It makes sense, after all, seeing as how it's on fire. You just won't be able to Block with it as well.
(Could you work in two effects, like Attacking and Blocking? Probably, if you spend a Fate Point. That seems reasonable. Still has to make sense, though.)
If you manage to get more than one magic aspect, like "Pyromancy" and "Divination," you get to write down another batch of spells befitting the new aspect, which means more types of things to do with your spell pyramid. How do you get magic aspects? Maybe with a stunt. That also seems reasonable.
You might prefer to have multiple magic-related skills instead, like a Pyromancy skill and a Divination skill, with attached aspects. This is perfectly natural and nothing to be ashamed of. In that case, the spell pyramid's apex is equal to the highest magic skill you have, but the rating of the spell pyramid slot for a given spell can't exceed its related skill rating. So if you have Good (+3) Pyromancy and Average (+1) Divination, you can use any slot for Pyromancy, but only the Average (+1) slots for Divination.
There is still the question of how these spell slots work, in terms of their ratings. Is that the only bonus you add to your roll, or do you add it and your Magic (or Pyromancy or etc.) skill? The latter seems a little unbalanced, although if you have a different skill for each sphere of magic, it also seems kinda necessary. Otherwise, those skills are just taking up real estate in your skill pyramid, and that's no fun. With a singular Magic skill, though, that skill could be used as a sort of magical Academics -- knowing about magic, as opposed to applying it. I suppose the same could be done with more specialized skills, but you probably wouldn't get as much use out of them.
The last piece of the puzzle is how to clear those spell slots so they can be reused. There needs to be a way. Obviously, sleeping for the night should do it, especially if we're kinda trying to emulate D&D, but I also want you to be able to clear them on the fly, in the heat of the moment. My initial ideas for that bordered on punitive -- that's our me! -- but TheMouse quickly set me straight by mixing together two of them.
The more mathematically sound way seems to be that you can clear up a spell slot with a rank equal to or less than the number of shifts your sacrificed Consequences are worth, +2 for each fate point expenditure. So if you do a Minor (2) and a single fate point, you can clear out a spell slot worth up to +4.
That sounds pretty good.
So that's the gist of it. If I have a more concrete application for it at some point, I'll do more with it, but for now it's something for you to fold, spindle, or mutilate, as you will. Comments welcome, of course.
Aspects: aspects, consequences, dragons, dungeons, fantasy, FATE, magic, RPG, skills
[Anglerre] Update on the Companion
Hey hey, folks. A number of people have been asking me about the Anglerre Companion, and both of them wanted to know when it'd be available. So here's an update from Sarah Newton (by way of RPG.net) on that very issue:
The Legends of Anglerre Companion is in layout at the moment. I saw the first couple of chapters on Monday, and they were looking great. I'm hoping we'll be going to the printer in a couple of weeks; we *may* make before Christmas, but with the vagaries of publishing and shipping over the Christmas period, to be honest my guess is that we'll just be the other side, so very early January.
It's a bumper beast with a cracking Ralph Horsley cover and stuffed with all kinds of fantasy Fate goodness, new critters, scenarios, rules, maps, cities... Thanks for waiting for it - we hope you'll like what you see!
Bumper beast! Cracking! She is an English person.
So there you go. I'm really looking forward to it.
Posted by Mike Olson at 11:44 AM 1 comment:
Aspects: FATE, legends of anglerre, RPG
[Greyhawk] A Question of Granularity…
NOTE: This is gonna be a bit unpolished, as NaGa DeMon is eating into the other 98% of my waking moments. (Day-job? What day-job? Family? What family?)
In my previous article of SoG magic and spell translation, I made the following statement…
“A single hit die is a D8, so technically each stress box counts as 2 hit dice. Which also means that the average hit points from 2HD would be about 9 or 10. Which would also place the average damage per missile at 4 points (3 + 1), which would then mean 2 missiles would be needed to do enough damage to take out 1 stress box. Rather than worry about the exact number of missiles in the description, I would rather just simplify to 1 missile equal 1 stress box.”
…so 10 hit points = 1 stress box. Which then leads to some interesting observations (at least to me it does)…
SotC characters would translate somewhere in the range of around 50 hit points.
In the source material, a magic weapon with a whompin’ +5 bonus counts as HALF of one stress box in SoG.
There are only 2 mundane weapons in the entire source material’s Weapon Table that could score enough damage to equal 1 physical stress box. This on the high-end of the dice roll spectrum, though it doesn’t include magic or strength-related bonuses.
All the other mundane weapons then fall into one of 8 “less damaging” categories.
I believe DFRPG has a maximum Weapons rating of 4 before you get into dropping anvils on people, which means that the most damaging hand-held weapon in the world of DFRPG could translate to the equivalent of 30 to 40 hp of damage per shot. (So Evil Hat wasn’t kidding when they said DFRPG combat is brutal and short!)
This poses some interesting design considerations for Spirit of Greyhawk…
It’s not the size of the weapon, it’s how you use it
Dealing with mundane weapons of the world of Greyhawk’s technology, this means Skills are the source of real damage when it comes to Melee combat, not the Weapon. This appeals to me for a bunch of reasons, not the least of which that it supports the assumption that a skilled combatant with a dagger is far more dangerous than a non-skilled combatant with a two-handed sword.
(Not that other things can’t be a crucial factor, but that’s what aspects are for)
Taking this to a logical conclusion, would it make sense to have SoG fall into line with Spirit of the Century and just NOT consider a weapon damage bonus? This is not to say weapons would be meaningless—the tactical advantages of picking the right weapon for the right engagement are still worthwhile. But given the level of granularity that SoG uses to translate the world of Greyhawk, it’s still pretty reasonable.
If you believe that a player’s expectations for play in SoG tends to require that weapon selection DOES need to make some sort of difference in damage, then I think that Mike’s recent posting about different colored dice and damage is a valid way to go.
Impact of Magic on Melee
Anyone who has played AD&D knows that accumulating your magic weapons and armor becomes pretty critical, pretty quickly. Which means that in SoG, enchanted gear would still be important, the real benefit to those enchantments is not “just” in the damage (remember, the actual damage of a +5 magic bonus is only half a stress box in SoG), but rather to allow someone to actually hit certain creatures who could not otherwise be damaged by mundane (or only minimally enchanted) weapons.
So again, it’s the TACTICAL advantage granted by the weapon, and then it comes down to a player’s skill in using it.
…and I think that’s sort of interesting.
Aspects: dresden files rpg, fantasy, FATE, Guy Bowring, spirit of greyhawk, weapons
[Greyhawk] NaGa DeMon = A Month of Late Nights
So, Nathan Russell has created NaGa DeMon (National Gaming Design Month) the gaming version of NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month).
Basically NaGa DeMon comes down to this:
Create the game in November
Finish the game in November
Play the game in November
Blab about the experience
A few things have lined up the right way for me, so I’m going to use this opportunity and get serious about taking Spirit of Greyhawk from a series of sporadic posts into an actual useable rule set.
Now, the definition of “finish the game in November” might need to be clarified somewhat for SoG—probably closer to "Blue Book Boxed Set” than the full PHB/DMG/MM.
Wish me luck and a light workload on the day-job!
Aspects: FATE, Guy Bowring, real life, RPG, self-promotion, spirit of greyhawk
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Speaker, 30 congressmen set to bolt Lakas By Charlie V. Manalo 04/12/2010
Ready to endorse Villar — source
Speaker, 30 congressmen set to bolt Lakas
Lakas-Kampi presidential bet Gilbert “Gibo” Teodoro faces more woes as Speaker Prospero Nograles, together with 30 other congressmen, is said to be ready to bolt the ruling Lakas-Kampi-CMD party and support the presidential candidacy of Nacionalista Party (NP) standard bearer Sen. Manuel Villar Jr., sources close to the administration party said.
“It won’t just be the Speaker who is ready to bolt Lakas. He is bringing along with him 30 congressmen, ready to switch their support to Villar,” the sources told The Tribune yesterday.
According to sources, the 30 still to be identified congressmen who have signified their approval in joining the Speaker in bolting the administration party “are big guns” and have been proven to deliver the votes for whoever they support..... MORE
Erap flays GMA-7 for smear job
Comelec says 90% ready for automated polls
NP bet cuts Aquino’s lead in latest survey
Villar, Noynoy ‘dangerous’ candidates — Jinggoy
Comelec admits ink scam, to rebid deal
Villar, Noynoy ‘dangerous’ candidates — Jinggoy By Gerry Baldo 04/12/2010
Reelectionist Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino senatorial candidate Sen. Jinggoy Estrada yesterday said the Filipino electorate are now beginning to realize that his father, former President Joseph Estrada, is among the leading presidential candidates in the May 2010 elections.
Jinggoy added the people are also now seeing the truth that two of his father’s political rivals – Senators Manuel Villar and Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino, are “dangerous.”
“People are beginning to realize that the other candidates are quite dangerous,” Jinggoy said in the sidelines of a huge rally in Longos, Malabon, last Friday.
He added that of the two leading presidential candidates Villar is the most dangerous because of his campaign spending..... MORE
Comelec admits ink scam, to rebid deak
Erap flays GMA-7 for smear job By Gerry Baldo
As his numbers rise in the surveys, Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino (PMP) standard bearer former President Joseph Estrada said the media are again demonizing him.
Estrada, in an interview during a campaign rally in Malabon on Friday, accused GMA-7 of kicking off a demolition job on him when it came out with a report about his Statement of Assets Liabilities and Networth (SALN) a few days ago.
“They have started the smear job against me, about my SALN. It was all too sudden after my rating at number three started to go up,” he said..... MORE
May 2010 opportunity EDITORIAL 04/12/2010
May 2010 opportunity
The financial state of Nacionalista Party (NP) bet Manuel Villar Jr. is a factor for voters to consider since it has been this side of his candidacy, that of his having spent to high heavens to win the presidency, that had chiefly stuck in the mind of the public.
The president has wide access to government resources and assets, a privilege that is prone to manipulation and abuse as inarguably proven by the plundering couple now occupying Malacañang.
If Manuela Corp.’s gargantuan debts running to more than P2 billion in loans and supply credits are major issues now, what more if Villar becomes president of the republic?... MORE
Very valid issue
With saw and screwdriver, China doctor gives gift of height
The desert lands of Cory Aquino
Augmented reality puts the squeeze into virtual hugs
Junk food killing pet cats and dogs
Not just churva teines
Very valid issue FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 04/12/2010
Black propaganda or not, the refusal of Noynoy Aquino to take up the challenge of Manny Villar for both of them to undergo a psychiatric evaluation, after the bogus psych report on Aquino’s alleged mental disorder was made public, will do more harm to Aquino’s candidacy than it would Villar on the Liberal Party (LP)’s claim that this fake report was leaked out to ABS-CBN by the Nacionalista Party.
The reason is simple. Since Noynoy Aquino indicated his interest in running for the presidency, talk started about his alleged “autism” and of his being bi-polar.
While this was hardly brought to fore by the media, the fact is that the talk on this alleged mental and emotional disorders suffered by Aquino, kept coming. He has been called “abnoy” the street name for “abnormal,” and is still being called that by many, in political conversations and gabfests.... MORE
With saw and screwdriver, China doctor gives gift of height FEATURE 04/12/2010
SHANGHAI — Orthopedic surgeon Bai Helong hikes up his trousers, places his foot on his desk and marks the spot just below his hairless knee where he cuts into the legs of patients who want to be taller.
Over the past 15 years, Bai has given the gift of height to about 3,000 patients aged 14 to 55 — Chinese, Americans, Germans, Japanese — about half of whom went through with surgery simply because they did not like being short.
“I’m something of an authority in this field,” explains Bai, who uses a technique he developed himself at a modest private clinic in the suburbs of Shanghai..... MORE
The desert lands of Cory Aquino DIE HARD III Herman Tiu Laurel 04/12/2010
A thousand years before Christ, China under the Zhou dynasty had already massive water impounding and river diversion projects irrigating its lands. Its builders Sunshu Ao and Ximen Bao were the earliest known hydraulic engineers in history. Mesopotamia, Egypt and Iran go even farther back in terms of irrigation — as early as the 6th millennium BC.
Agriculture, irrigation and surplus food production as hallmarks of a civilized society have never changed since those ancient times. President Ferdinand Marcos’ 21 years as leader of the Philippine Republic had brought the country onto the threshold of self-sufficiency in food production and even achieved a surplus for export at one point. That was made possible by his dedication to the building of the nation’s water and irrigation management systems, covering one million hectares by the time he was forced out of Malacañang.
Twenty-four years after the fall of Marcos, the Philippines has only 600,000 hectares of irrigated lands left, according to farmers’ organizations KaMMMPi and Araro. Twenty-two years of deliberate under-funding, policy obfuscation and neglect, as well as anti-agriculture land policies, plus international multilateral sabotage of agricultural and irrigation development programs had turned back the clock of progress. Farmer-irrigators’ associations were sidelined and the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) wasted precious irrigation fees.
After Cory Aquino, irrigation did not take priority again until President Joseph Estrada’s term. He allocated major funding toward rebuilding irrigation systems and revived the carabao development program along this end. In all, Marcos and Estrada markedly supported domestic productive capabilities while the Aquino-FVR-Arroyo triad merely sacrificed agriculture at the altar of globalization.
Right after the assumption of Cory’s Yellow regime, her government began the steps to dismantle and deconstruct the policy foundations for a productive and self-sustaining agriculture in the Philippines.
The Marcos era Agri-Agra law (PD 717) that required all banks to lend 25 percent of their funds to agriculture was amended to allow private banks to use these funds to purchase government debt papers or T-bills instead of compelling them to lend direct to farmers.
Irrigation programs were separated from the Department of Agriculture while government financing was cut in favor of loans from multilateral funding agencies like the World Bank.
Land use policies were skewed toward conversion of prime irrigated agricultural lands into residential and industrial parks — instead of these residential settlements being moved to high-rise urban dwellings and the latter to higher elevations — yielding huge profits to real estate speculators, developers and, of course, the oligarchs.
Cory Aquino and her political heirs sacrificed prime, flat, lowland agricultural properties which other Asian countries such as Korea or Japan would have preserved for rice production.
But then, the Aquino administration never seemed to have a clear policy agenda for development, true to the constitutional change it introduced in 1987 that the private sector would become the primary engine of economic growth. The only growth we have seen since is corporate profits as agriculture and industry have been kept to precariously nominal or, at best, marginal growth.
Cory Aquino’s deleterious policies were then followed up by Fidel Ramos with his “high value crops for export” strategy and later, Gloria Arroyo’s “food security by rice importation” scheme, which is increasing by leaps and bounds.
By 2010, the normal 10-percent rice importation level is expected to double, with more and more money going to foreign farmers.
Today’s government statistics claim that irrigated lands have increased to 1.5 million hectares, but the stark reality, such as the helplessness of farms in the face of El Niño, shows otherwise. Many of what the government claims are really old Marcos era irrigation structures like dozens of dam projects in the North that are now dried up, eroding and unmaintained.
The one reviving many of these old water impounding and irrigation structures is not government but tobacco tycoon Lucio Tan, at the cost of hundreds of millions, in such areas like Patpata, La Union; Quiling, Ilocos Norte; Garab, Cagayan; Dadda, Tugeugarao, Cagayan; Silag, Ilocos Sur; Casilagan, Ilocos Sur; and many other areas that are still undergoing rehabilitation. In many other areas, Lucio Tan is building new similar structures under the auspices of his family’s Tan Yan Kee Foundation.
Lucio Tan’s efforts reflect a cultural foundation that is rooted in the millennial experience of the oldest of civilizations: That water (coupled with irrigation) is the foundation of all life and civilization. Its lack, in turn, should not be blamed on non-human factors such as El Niño, but on our own unpreparedness for the vicissitudes of nature.
In my small eight-hectare mountain farm in Bataan, I am also taking a multi-pronged approach to the water issue, preparing my own small water impounding project and drilling a water well at the same time while requiring all detergents and soaps to be coconut oil-based so that water for laundry, bath and kitchen use can be recycled for watering plants.
President Estrada in 1991, still as a senator, authored the “Irrigation Law” (RA 6978) mandating the NIA to irrigate 1.5 million hectares within 10 years — a program FVR and Gloria didn’t pursue, which Erap couldn’t complete due to Edsa II.
We need to turn back the deserts of Cory Aquino that are spreading all over the land. We cannot let her heirs and ilk, plus the locust heads of globalization, continue to ravage the nation’s productive capacities and “yellow” our crops in their drying fields.
Augmented reality puts the squeeze into virtual hugs FEATURE 04/12/2010
BEGEVE — Now you really can reach out and touch someone through the Internet, with the help of a wearable robot designed by a husband-and-wife team of scientists based in Japan.
Five years in the making, the device aims to inject a little physicality into online chatter, boosting the emotional quotient of virtual exchanges between flesh-and-blood people.
Forget emoticons, those annoying little smiley :-) or frowning :-( faces added to text messages with key strokes.
The quickened thump of an angry heart beat, a spine-tingling chill of fear, or that warm-all-over sensation sparked by true love — all can be felt even as your eyes stay glued to a computer screen.... MORE
Junk food killing pet cats and dogs FEATURE 04/12/2010
PARIS — The junk food and poor eating habits affecting humans is also killing their four-legged pals, say veterinary surgeons and experts.
Allergies and obesity are reducing the life expectancy of Lassies and Mittens nourished worldwide on industrial foodstuffs, said Gerard Lippert, a Belgian acupuncturist for animals who has just completed a study on the diets of 600 dead dogs.
“Pets, like humans, are victims of junk food,” he told AFP.
Of the 600 furry corpses he examined “those fed on processed foods died three years earlier than those fed on food made in the home.”... MORE
Not just churva teines HE SAYS Aldrin Cardon 04/12/2010
Danton Remoto is all smiles these days after the Supreme Court (SC) had overturned the Commission on Elections (Comelec)’s decision to bar his party-list, Ang Ladlad, from seeking third sex representation in Congress.
The Comelec earlier had banned Ang Ladlad on grounds of morality and religious beliefs. The Comelec even played god in a sense when it discriminated against gays when it claimed that to allow this gay group to run would be allowing Ang Ladlad to flaunt its ideologies and ideas before the once august halls of Congress, which would be tantamount to tolerating immorality, aside from Ang Ladlad, allegedly being offensive to Christians and Muslims.... MORE
Let’s party SHE SAYS Dinah S. Ventura 04/12/2010
You’re invited to the “It” event in the country: The Philippine Elections! It’s on May 10, 2010 at your nearest precinct. Come in your best heat-resistant attire — it’s going to be packed! Watch out for “scalpers” or those individuals who will sidle up to you and try to “buy” your vote for a bargain price — they want in, but you know very well that’s out of the question!
As early as 2008, people have been preparing for this major event of the year. Candidate wannabes did the tango, rigodon and waltz before settling into the party of choice. This year, the entertainment has been extra fierce — and it’s not even the DAY yet!
First up: The “funny” presidentiables.
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NDAA unconstitutional: Federal judge bans Obama from indefinitely detaining Americans
Sorry, Mr. President. A US Federal judge has clarified a decision made last month with some news sure to upset the Obama administration: the White House cannot use the NDAA to indefinitely detain American citizens.
Judge Katherine B. Forrest has answered a request made by US President Barack Obama last month to more carefully explain a May 16 ruling made in a Southern District of New York courtroom regarding the National Defense Authorization Act. Clarifying the meaning behind her injunction, Judge Forrest confirms in an eight-page memorandum opinion this week that the NDAA’s controversial provision that permits indefinite detention cannot be used on any of America's own citizens.
Last month Judge Forrest ruled in favor of a group of journalists and activists whom filed a suit challenging the constitutionality of Section 1021 of the NDAA, a defense spending bill signed into law by President Obama on New Year’s Eve..... MORE
URL: http://rt.com/usa/news/ndaa-judge-obama-forrest-295/
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Swagger Stick Rolling Your Beer Company Mutt Malaria Pill
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TA-50 (Fancy way of saying field gear)
Nick Gallo models the latest in TA-50 in 1970. His gear is carried in an aluminum-framed nylon rucksack. He has two different types of canteens: the quart sized hard plastic and the 2 quart "bladder" type. Under his rucksack is an M-72 LAW (Light Antitank Weapon), used for "bunker busting." You can also see the cylindrical smoke grenades used to mark positions so our aircraft would know where we were, and a couple of round fragmentation grenades. His rifle is the M-16A1 version, with a closed flash hider. Notice Nick has his sling setup in a non-issue manner with the front of the sling attached to the front sight, and the back wrapped around the butt. His ammunition is carried in the pouches that came in the waterproof ammo cans. Notice the OD towel - needed to mop that sweat. All told, Nick is carrying somewhere between 75 and 100 pounds - depending on how many letters from his girl friend he is carrying.h
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Courtesy Nick Gallo
Compare Nick's gear to what SFC Antonio Torres-Perez wore in May 1966, four years earlier. His weapon is the first model M-16 with an open flash hider (often used to break the wire around cases on C-Rations). He is still wearing state-side fatigues (no cargo pockets on the trousers), though he does have jungle boots on. His load-bearing equipment is the harness, web belt and butt-pack of that era. His entrenching tool (small shovel) is attached to the belt. He is carrying the then new plastic one quart canteen.)
Courtesy Edgar Irizarry
Cookin' with C-Rations
All during the war, the main chow in the field was the C-Ration - canned meals consisting of such delicious entrées as ham & lima beans, beans & wieners, or turkey loaf.
The trooper at right (the only name we have is Sadler, and we think he was from Florida) is "enjoying" his meal. Circled in red is a plastic package that probably holds his letters from home. Perched on top are three cookies. Circled in blue is a 5 pack of cigarettes - they came with the meal. The green circle shows a can of food being heated over a "field expedient" stove - nothing more than a short can with holes punched in it, with a blue "heat tab" in the bottom.
Courtesy Don Jensen
Hot Chow in the Field
On occasion, troops in the field were able to get hot food. While not exactly what Mom used to cook, it sure was better than C-Rations. But, a number of things had to happen before hot chow was sent out - the company had to be in a place where there was little likelihood of enemy contact because the helicopters that delivered the food had to return to pick up the Mermite can (large insulated cans, seen at right, that kept the food hot) and because the company would be in one place for awhile - a tempting target for enemy mortars. Tom Rutten's picture taken in 1967 indicates C 2/5 Cav was operating near a village.
Courtesy Tom Rutten
Getting Clean - Showers in the Weeds
While operating out in the field, there wasn't much chance to get clean, unless you came across a river or a flooded bomb crater. Even at a base camp, showers were not luxurious.
Clockwise, starting upper left: The showers at Camp Radcliff (An Khe) in October, 1966. Note the water cans on the ground. Somebody had to climb the rickety ladder to get water into the 55 gallon drums.
Upper right: Sometimes we could build a shower out of ammo boxes, such as the one to the near right on LZ Ike in the summer of 1969. (All we know of the trooper is that his name was Gonzalez.)
Bottom: A different kind of shower used in 1970. Note the metal water cans in 1969, and the plastic water jugs of 1970.
Courtesy Ray Long
Courtesy Jim "Tree" Machin
Courtesy Jim Holcombe
MPC (Military Payment Certificate)
It was illegal to carry American currency in Vietnam. As soon as you arrived "in-country", you had to turn in your "greenbacks" for MPC. Officially, the Vietnamese currency was the piaster, but there was little the MPC couldn't buy. In order to keep the MPC from being the real currency, every few months everyone had to turn in their old MPC for new ones - and each series would be different from the others. Of course, this caused a panic in the Vietnamese who had accepted MPC from GIs. These samples are from 1969, and were contributed by Mike Hayes.
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Way back in the 60s and early 70s, nobody was too worried about the dangers of smoking. A majority of us smoked cigarettes, and most of us used a Zippo lighter. Each of us carried our smokes in a hard plastic case, and often that was carried in the elastic band that kept the camouflage cover in place on our steel pots. At some time during the time C 2/5 Cav was in Vietnam, specially decorated Zippos were given to the guys as they left for home. According to Jim Sims, who served as the Company Clerk in 1968, he ordered them at the direction of 1SG Solloway in September 1968. This sample was contributed by Mike Hayes, who served from April 1969 to May 1970.
P38 Can Opener
Okay - did you carry yours with your dog tags, or did you carry yours on a key chain? For the uninitiated, this is a can opener - and its shown approximately actual size. From Mike Hayes, April 1969 to May 1970.
This picture shows much of the grunt's life in Vietnam. Didn't we all wear an OD towel around our necks? It was there to mop the sweat. And - Tiger Bier - the Vietnamese beer. Of course, it was never cold, and you wondered if the VC had poisoned it. And cigarettes - many of us no longer smoke, but most of us did back then. Cigarettes were even included in the C ration boxes, and cartons of various brands were sent to the field. You carried your open pack in a hard plastic box (it had space for matches), often held in the heavy elastic band around the steel helmet.
Ken Burington took this picture while the company was working out of the division's main base at An Khe in 1967. He titled it "Still Life on Termite Mound."
Swagger Stick
See what can be done with a piece of an old mortar round crate? Jim Mullen was a platoon leader in 1966 when this beautiful swagger stick was carved for him. The blacken is shoe polish. Note the beautifully carved Pegasus on the top, representing the winged cavalrymen of the 1st Cav. On the backside is carved the word "Trooper." (Courtesy Jim Mullen)
Rolling Your Beer
Remember when the log bird would bring out "bravos and charlies" - beers and cokes? Along with them came big blocks of ice. You knew you could have at least one cold beer before the ice was gone. It didn't take new guys to learn the trick of "rollin' your own." SSG Ronnie Hayworth (who once served with 4/6) demonstrates proper technique. (Identified by Chuck Moore.)
Courtesy Mel Wilikison
Company Mutt
Every unit had some sort of mutt for a company mascot. Of course, the Infantry units couldn't have one in the field, but C 2/5 Cav had one in the rear trains area most of the time. This mutt's name was "Short Round", seen here in Quan Loi in February 1969.
Courtesy Mel Wilkison
Malaria Pill
Okay - 'fess up. Did someone have to stand over you and make you take that weekly pill? Because taking pill caused diarrhea in some people - and because they were so big - some guys didn't want to take that pill. In this picture from the fall of 1971, a medic leans over a branch to hand the pill to an unknown trooper. The trooper in the background had previously served with the 101st Airborne Division as indicated by the 101st patch on his right sleeve. (Anyone knowing the names of any of these troopers, please email the webmaster.)
Courtesy Dolf Carlson
We had to keep those locks shorn somehow. Most people who have not served in the armed forces think the short haircut is just "military." Actually, it is very practical. The dirt, mud, and bugs would get in long hair and bring on lice and other health problems.
Near right: SGT Dennis Kelly is shown here giving a haircut to SGT Kenneth Jones in the fall of 1965, probably at An Khe. Note the hand-powered clippers.
Far right: In October, 1966, the barber shop at An Khe looks a little nicer. Notice the soldier's uniform - his shirt appears to be the old style, stateside fatigues, while he has on jungle fatigue pants (with cargo pockets) and jungle boots.
Courtesy Dennis Kelly
Sleeping in the Weeds
The top two pictures show how we stayed dry in the rainy season. (Well, kinda dry.) A poncho served as a mini-tent, and all three guys sharing a foxhole at night could use it. Not shown in this is a foxhole, but it was very close by. Notice the "neck" of the poncho is tied together and held up to create a sloping "roof." Obviously, somebody's poncho liner got wet, because its draped over the bamboo to dry.
Some folks were lucky enough to have a hammock to sleep in. Jim "Tree" Machin and Gaylord Russell enjoy all the luxuries of life in the weeds. Hammocks either came from a Vietnamese village, or taken from the body of a dead enemy soldier. They were nylon, very light weight, and tied between two trees. A poncho could be tied above it in tent fashion to keep the rain off, with a sock or "drip knot" at both ends to keep water from running down the cords. This gear had to be light weight, as we carried it with us at all times - we only saw a log bird every three days. Circa spring/summer 1969 in Tay Ninh Province.
The bottom picture shows how things were done when there were no trees around. Depending on the tactical situation, the log bird might fly in bedrolls in the late afternoon, then take them back out again in the morning. That way we were always "light to fight." Air mattresses were used - if you could get one. Circa December 67- January 68 in Binh Dinh Province, up in the mountains.
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Above Courtesy Jim Machin
Courtesy Larry Wood
Short-Timer Letter Home
Almost all of us sent a short-timer letter home. Often, the letters we sent were oft-copied typed messages. Parnell Bethune sent his home in the summer of 1966 - Jerry "Doc" Watson sent his home three years later in August, 1969. Yet - note the striking similarity between the two.
What is unusual about Jerry Watson's letter was that he mentions Comanche in the letter. From an email written by Jerry "Doc" Watson:
" . . . . is a copy of a form letter that I sent home while I was at Tay Ninh healing from my wound. I’m sure that all sent home a letter something like this. The letter was meant to be a joke, but after reading it again after all of these years, I now realize how true it really was."
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Courtesy Parnell Bethune
Courtesy Jerry Watson
Chaplains were valuable to all of us during our tour - even those who did not have a "religious" bent. Father Ferrigan, the Catholic Chaplain with 2/5 Cav in 1969, even went out on patrol with us - unarmed. Chaplains helped us commemorate our buddies who had just been killed in action. They helped us celebrate home holidays like Christmas and Thanksgiving, and they conducted worship services when they could.
We don't know when this practice started, but the chaplains would send this letter home to the next of kin of newly arrived troopers. Mike Comb's parents received this in March, 1970.
Courtesy Mike Combs
Chaplain Perkins conducted the service commemorating the lives of the nine C 2/5 Cav troopers killed on March 11, 1967.
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Most of the larger units had their own chapels at An Khe.
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Courtesy John Licavoli
Standing Orders - Roger's Rangers
Many of us received this card when we went through the 1st Cav's week long training center at either An Khe or Bien Hoa. Dennis Henzi received his in December, 1966, and kept his all these years.
Courtesy Dennis Henzi
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Ep145: O'Rourke and Castro Clash in First Democratic Debate
As the Democratic presidential debates got underway this week, the Texans in the race clashed before a national audience creating fresh buzz for former HUD Secretary Julian Castro. He laid into former Rep. Beto O'Rourke, who barely cast a shadow in the first debate. But of course, there's a long way to go. Meantime,...
Ep144: Beto Slams Biden; Castro Appears on Fox News
The Texas Democrats in the race for the White House are trying to stand out from the huge field of candidates by slamming former VP Joe Biden and by appearing on Fox News Channel. Meantime, some are asking whether Texas Democrats are acting as props for GOP leadership in Austin. Oh, and Ryan has a special report on...
Ep143: Was Gov. Abbott Directly Involved in the Voter Purge?
New emails shed some light on whether Gov. Greg Abbott was directly involved in the botched voter purge rolled out earlier this year. San Antonio Express-News reporter Allie Morris joined us with details and explained what questions remain. Plus Houston Chronicle reporter Andrea Zelinski joins the show to fill us in...
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The Phantom Tollbooth - A Long Way Off
A Long Way Off
Written by Jamie Rake
If one doesn't look too deeply behind the curtain, the entertainment value of this Broadway-minded production is YUGE.
Photo Credit: https://www.alongwayoffmusical.com/
Miller High Life Theatre
The venue should have clued me in as to how a big a deal this was, but I had heard of this free presentation of A Long Way Off, a stage musical with heavy Salvation Army (SA) involvement, on an AM black talk station* in an ad with minimal production values. I also forgot about just how posh a venue the rechristened Miller High Life Theatre is.
It makes sense that an organization so associated with helping the downtrodden such as the Salvation Army would stage a preview showing of a play intended for a Broadway run would go to the expense of presenting it in a setting comparable to theater on The Great White Way in a city about one fifteenth the size of New York. That it is named for a beverage Salvationists doubtless encourage their ranks and beneficiaries to shun adds a smidgen of hilarious irony to the circumstance. This professional feel of this world premiere preview was made complete by a table selling T-shirts and cast recording CDs and an issue of Playbill with all the low down on the production; the latter includes ads for SA events and enterprises where space for Tony restaurants, clothiers and other upscale businesses would go.
A Long Way Off recasts Christ's parable of the prodigal son in rural Iowa on the cusp of the Great Depression. A hired hand on a farm large enough to sublease to additional families proposes to his boss's daughter. She says yes, but the happiness that should follow from the couple's impending nuptials is diminished some by the absence of the brother of the bride to be. Dad, too, grieves the situation he sings from his estate's front porch.
Turns out that the missing scion left on less than amicable terms with his pop, after having requested and received his portion of inheritance from his widower father and leaving to find his fortune in The Big Apple. He makes a killing on Wall Street. A flapper he dates gets possibly the play's funniest line when she says "I didn't ask you to lie!" after he speaks of defending her from accusations of being a gold digger once she hears word of his losses in the stock market crash of 1929.
While he's asserting his delusions of authority as the "mayor" of the Philadelphia Hooverville, a the village of indigents named for the U.S. president of the era, his betrothed sister comes knocking on his hovel. She sacrificially postponed her wedding in order to seek out her sibling. Their mom's wedding ring, given to bro' as part of that premature inheritance, led her to her sibling. She breaks through his self-incrimination and shame enough to convince him to hop box cars in hobo fashion for their journey home.
During her months on the trail, the groom-to-be goes from hired hand to manger of his forthcoming father-in-law's properties. Power and the advice of a banker turn him from the hesitant, awkward innocent who sings his wedding proposal while nearly tripping over living room furniture in Dick Van Dyke sitcom fashion to a calculating, irritable schemer not averse to kicking sharecroppers who can't pay their share from the land they're renting.
Anyone familiar with the scripture playwright Joe Caddy modeled Long Way on knows more or less how the story ends without a spoiler alert. Father orders the preparation of a feast big enough to feed the whole of their town to celebrate his offspring's return. His impending brother-in-law doesn't take kindly to that. The play ends less ambiguously than one might rightly read the Lord's own phrasing of His illustration of the lavish nature of divine grace; the arrival for the matrimonial ceremony of the po' folks from the Philly settlement adds a cute, if fantastical element to production played relatively realistically for a musical.
As for the music. it follows a template of big, old fashioned melodies, suffused with giddiness, foreboding and the ability to pull heartstrings and open tear ducts as appropriate. Good enough to win any Tony statuettes? We'll see when and if the show makes it that far. Though this kind of material is rarely my first listening choice, what of it populates A Long Way Off works well enough to have me wondering when the next Broadway to pop chart crossover since Barry Manilow took Cats' "Memory" into the pop top 36 years ago. Regardless of whether this production makes that kind of headway, or even the more insinuating sort of cultural infiltration of Hamilton, composer Phil Laeger courses motifs for individuals characters and scenarios into one another to reflect the messiness of life and the interrelated nature of the integral facets of people's lives. A seven-piece band, featuring two trumpets and a trombone, brings the score to life.
Impressive as so much of A Long Way Off is, discerning viewers should be concerned with areas of its foundation. Specifically, the Army's foundation,. Founded by William Booth in the spirit of Wesleyan Armenian revivalism, the organization has fallen down some of the current evangelical downgrade. Among vocal and dance ensemble is the show's female cast chaplain. More tellingly, Caddy amends his notes with a suggested reading list including mystic Henri Nouwen and social justice advocate Presbyterians Tim Keller and John Piper. Choreographer, or movement director as she is deemed in Playbill, Amber Hood cribs the title of Bethel Music artist Cory Asbury current cCm hit "Reckless Love" as a way to describe His affection for sinners; here's hoping she's not as enamored with the demonic goings on of the Redding, CA congregation behind Asbury's recording contract.
Within the context of the above caveats, the story's father figure forgiving of the debt of one of his renter's debt could be take within the theologically and economically left tendencies of some of the aforementioned figures. i'd rather believe that it's a thematic overflow from the gist of the parable being interpreted, though it could be either.
Though these provisos aren't unimportant, they don't really register as distractions from A Long Way Off's entertainment value nor its broadly dawn moral. It's my wish that the Salvation Army would find firmer biblical footing. Whatever success they have with this production should be a welcome ray of positivity wherever it plays.
-Jamie Lee Rake
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After former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee mocked Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez this past week about a Daily Mail article where she likened her surprising win to the moon landing, Ocasio-Cortez is firing back in a sharp tweet directed pointedly at Mr. Huckabee’s daughter, current White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
In the tweeted reply, Ocasio-Cortez instructs Huckabee to “leave the false statements” to his daughter.
Ocasio-Cortez, now the youngest woman elected to Congress, ran on a Democratic socialist platform and unseated 10-term incumbent Rep. Joe Crowley, the number 4 Democrat in the House who was expected to become Speaker one day.
Her successful campaign and eventual win came as a surprise to many, but has garnered her tremendous respect and admiration.
Ocasio-Cortez proved with this tweet that she’s prepared to defend the platform on which she ran which included, among many other things, the hot button issues of universal healthcare, housing as a human right, and a gun control/assault weapons ban.
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Interview + Giveaway: Stone Rider by David Hofmeyr
UFI welcomes Author David Hofmeyr. Thanks for Joining us!!
What can you tell my readers about yourself that they might not know from looking on your bio or reading in another interview?
I split my life between two cities, London and Paris. It sounds exotic and it can be. But sometimes it makes me feel like an outsider in both places. C’est la vie!
What do you enjoy doing on your down time?
Travel. I’ve been all over the world and love experiencing new cultures and places and cities. I’ve lived in Cape Town, Hong Kong, London, Paris and San Francisco.
Film. I’m a fan. I watch movies all the time. I even watch trailers to get into the mood for writing. The sound and the imagery always offer inspiration for me.
What is your Favorite part of writing?
I get to play God. I choose what happens. It’s a responsibility to care for the characters in the right way. To give them depth and also to allow them to tell me what they would say and wouldn’t say. I love the creative process. Starting with a blank page … ending up somehow with a fully realized story world. It’s an incredible process. It’s magic.
Do you have any certain routines you must follow as you write?
No. I’m a little haphazard. I’m not particularly disciplined. I write when the mood fires and I approach the page in different ways each time.
What are some of your Favorite books or Authors in the Urban Fantasy/ Paranormal Genres?
I thought The Hunger Games was terrific. Divergent is great too. Excellent world building. I also loved the Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness. I was a sucker for The Lord of the Rings when I was a kid and devoured all the Stephen King books.
How would you pitch STONE RIDER to someone who has not heard of it before?
Think the Hunger Games meets Mad Max. An adrenalin-fuelled race across an epic desert. A battle for survival and humanity in a world where hope is all people have.
Can you tell us a little bit about the world that STONE RIDER is set in?
This is a post-apocalyptic future earth. Some unknown cataclysm has blasted the world and left people divided. The uber-wealthy and the privileged leave the planet for an ark in space called Sky-Base and the those left-behind are forced to eke out a brutal existence in a world that seesaws from extreme heat in the summer to freezing winters.
Do you have a favorite scene in STONE RIDER?
I love the scene where the protagonist, and mostly ordinary, Adam meets the extraordinary Kane. I love the ways two characters come together from different worlds and I enjoy imagining how they would meet and what they would say to each other.
Which one character out of all your books was your favorite to write about? What about the hardest to write about?
My character, Kane is the most interesting to write. He’s an outsider and a rebel. A Christ-figure. Mysterious and dangerous. He’s a huge amount of fun to write. The hardest to write is probably the villain, because the villain has to be the most complex character. A book lives and dies but the nature of the villain. I wanted him to lie at the periphery, like a constant threat, but also bring him in close enough to thrill the reader.
What Other Projects can we look forward to reading from you?
I am working on the sequel to Stone Rider, called Blood Rider. It takes on a more feminist shift. I wanted to see the world from a different perspective. And it’s set in winter so I up the ante on survival in a brutal world.
David Hofmeyr is the author of STONE RIDER. He works as a Planner for Ogilvy & Mather. David was born in South Africa and lives in London.
Find David and his books
Website / Goodreads / Twitter / Facebook
Stone Rider
In the vein of The Outsiders and the early Western novels of Elmore Leonard, this inventive debut novel, a cross between the cult classic Mad Max movie series and Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, blends adrenaline-fueled action with an improbable yet tender romance to offer a rich and vivid portrayal of misfits and loners forced together in their struggle for a better life.
Adam Stone wants freedom and peace. He wants a chance to escape Blackwater, the dust-bowl desert town he grew up in. Most of all, he wants the beautiful Sadie Blood. Alongside Sadie and the dangerous outsider Kane, Adam will ride the Blackwater Trail in a brutal race that will test them all, body and soul. Only the strongest will survive.
The prize? A one-way ticket to Sky-Base and unimaginable luxury.
And for a chance at this new life, Adam will risk everything.
“The gritty, nonstop action and violence will appeal especially to reluctant readers.”—School Library Journal
“Filled with action and suspense and cool character reveals…an exciting, action-packed romp.”—Kirkus Reviews
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Luongo makes 26 saves as Panthers beat Oilers 4-1
(AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
By PAUL GEREFFI
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) The Florida Panthers are happy to have Roberto Luongo back in net.
Luongo made 26 saves in his second start since missing nine games with a knee injury to lift Florida over the Edmonton Oilers 4-1 on Thursday night.
The Panthers won two games in a row for the first time this season. They beat Winnipeg 4-2 in Finland last Friday.
The victory also marked Florida's first in its home rink this season.
"I just wanted to keep building off the last game and make sure that I gave my team a chance to win," Luongo said. "It's nice you get rewarded with a few goals there in the second period and in the third."
Luongo made several big stops early in the first.
"He was the best player on the ice tonight," Panthers coach Bob Boughner said. "I was a little leery about us starting slow in the first five or 10 minutes. He stopped two or three big-time chances. That's what he does."
Evgenii Dadonov, Nick Bjugstad, Jonathan Huberdeau and Colton Sceviour scored for the Panthers. Mike Hoffman and Vincent Trocheck each had two assists.
The Panthers defeated Edmonton at home for the first time since March 8, 2002, a span of 10 games.
The Oilers have lost three straight overall.
"You never want to lose three in a row," center Connor McDavid said. "Obviously, it's frustrating but we have to regroup here."
Leon Draisaitl scored for the Oilers, and Cam Talbot stopped 29 shots.
"I thought today we started well," coach Todd McLellan said. "We had some opportunities early (but) Luongo made some good saves. We didn't bear down."
The Oilers play three of their next four at home.
"We have to come home now and put an end to this streak that we're on," McLellan said. "Good teams find a way to do that. We haven't been able to do it on the road, so we have to do it at home now."
Edmonton closed to 2-1 on Draisaitl's goal 23 seconds into the third period. Draisaitl redirected a pass from McDavid and beat Luongo up high.
Huberdeau's power-play goal from the left circle made it 3-1 at 3:43 of the third. Sceviour added an empty-netter with 49 seconds left.
Dadonov gave the Panthers a 1-0 lead at 6:45 of the second. He took a backhand pass from Aleksander Barkov in front and slid the puck past Talbot while falling to the ice. Dadonov extended his point streak to a career-high nine games.
Bjugstad found a loose puck in front and poked it into the net at 8:12 of the second.
NOTES: Hoffman's assist on Dadonov's goal made him the fourth player in Panthers history to have a 10-game point streak. ... D Mark Pysyk, who missed six games with an upper-body injury, was cleared to play but got scratched. ... Edmonton has played six of its last eight games on the road.
Oilers: Host the Colorado Avalanche on Sunday.
Panthers: Host the New York Islanders on Saturday.
More AP NHL: https://apnews.com/tag/NHL and https://twitter.com/AP-Sports
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I have been busy with my iPod...
The Tale Of Tui and Magpie
A short story in the style of Kipling's "Just So" stories
by Merinda S Scott, age 11.34
Back when the world was new, O dear one, and humans did not live in New Zealand or Australia yet, Tui and Magpie both had very beautiful voices. It is true today that Tui's voice is still charming, but back when the world was new, O dear one, It was unbeleivably fabulous. It was full of different notes, (still as it is today) but each note was very long, going from deep and low to shrill and high, and there were long silent spaces between notes. But O dear one, I can not describe it as it was, so you shall have to imagine. Magpie's voice was, back then, very different. Quite the opposite as it is now. It was long and shrill, and sweet and jingled like bells. One day, when Tui was in an especially good mood and he was feeling especially proud of his voice, he was sing loudly and, by chance for the very first time, Magpie heard his voice from across the waters. Magpie, being quite a selfish and spiteful bird was angered to hear a bird with a voice as fine as his. He followed Tui's voice across the Pacific Ocean all the way to New Zealand where he found Tui. Magpie trilled his voice and preened. Tui, being a competitive and proud bird, warbled a long stretching note. Magpie took his voice higher. Tui sung two notes that were a little shorter. It went on. Magpie stretched, higher and higher, Tui changed notes faster and faster, Until Magpie was almost screaming and it sounded close to jingling bells and scraping metal, and Tui's notes had no tranquil beauty - just speedy ups and downs with no orderly pitch. And Magpie's voice cracked. He went so high it was unbeleivable and it was to much for him, so you must understand, O dear one, that he broke into a hideous shriek. Tui sped so fast through his notes. The noise of the two could be heard all through the forest of New Zealand. The great Maori Spirit of the forests, Tane, who was also father of all birds and wildlife, was disturbed. He came to find the noise. Magpie heard him coming and was so frightened he flew away, heading for his Australia. Tane saw him though and turned on Tui. "Tui, o my son of my forest, how dare you bring an Australian bird into our peaceful forests! And how dare you misuse your beautiful voice so that it is like this?" he said. Tui desperately tried to slow his voice, and make it sound composed. He manage to stop his flitty warbling and gasp. "Tane, O great spirit of my home forest and father of my brothers and sisters, I can explain. I mean... I was simply singing loudly..." spluttered Tui. "Ah," said Tane. "You were boasting your voice quite louldly." Tui look ashamed, and dropped his eyes. "O please great Tane help me fix my voice!" he said pathetically. Great Tane looked down on him and said "Tui you have boasted your voice, and lead an unwelcome bird into our home, and challenged him. You have brought this upon yourself. I shall not five you your voice back. No, instead as pumisment for bragging and leading him here, I shall keep your song like that forever." and so what Tane said was heard, and it is like this today. Meanwhile, Magpie flew home as fast as he could. When he reached the homeland he collapsed. He tried his voice again, but it came out as an ugly squawk. So he went to look for the Rainbow Serpent, the great aboriginal spirit, who, in the form of a snake, carved the very land of Australia, and made mountains and gorges with his huge body. When Magpie found him he was sleeping, as most spirits do. Rainbow Serpent heard him and opened an eye. "Who, in the name of the deadly Minka bird, and I who carved the land, disturbs my slumber?" he asked. "'Tis I, Magpie, to ask a favour. My beautiful voice is ruined! It is a screeching squawk! It is all Tui's fault -" he stopped. The Rainbow Serpent's eyes both opened wide. "Tui's fault? Do tell," he said slyly. Magpie, who just wanted his song back, sighed and said "I heard him and flew to New Zealand. Where I showed him my voice." Rainbow Serpent understood. He said disaprovingly "so you were jealous of a bird with a voice as fine as yours, so you deliberately left the country, as you are certainly not to," he added sternly "and you boasted and showed off your voice so much that it is like this?" Magpie hung his head. "it is your fault your voice is ruined, o spiteful Magpie. You disobeyed and so I shall not give you your song back. Be gone." said Rainbow Serpent, and he closed his eyes for sleep. And so it is today that Magpie and Tui's voices are the same. It is true, o dear one, that Tui came out the better of the two, but he was certainly less spiteful.
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Southeast Conservation Adaptation Strategy
A changelog for the Southeast Blueprint
Nov 13, 2019 • By Hilary Morris, User Support & Communications for the Southeast and South Atlantic Blueprints
This changelog documents the major changes and improvements made in each version of the Southeast Blueprint.
We’ve added something new to the release of Southeast Blueprint 4.0—a changelog. As always, we like to borrow best practices from the tech world to make the Blueprint more useful. A changelog is an easy-to-read document that captures the significant changes made in each version of a project or software program. So, the Southeast Blueprint changelog captures the major changes and improvements made in each version of the Blueprint. We always provide an overview of the improvements in a blog when each Blueprint is released, but the changelog goes into a lot more detail. It’s a very helpful resource for Blueprint staff to keep track of everything that’s changed and why. Now we’re sharing it with you!
You’ll find the changelog is more comprehensive for the most recent Blueprint update to Version 4.0. We did our best to catalog what changed in the past versions, as well, but of course, it’s a lot easier to keep documentation current than it is to try to reconstruct the past.
If you have any feedback, let me know at hilary_morris@fws.gov.
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Eric Rohmer, Educator
Alain Hertay
Eric Rohmer Dossier, Feature Articles, Special Dossiers
Mainland Chinese Genre Cinema Comes of Age: The 15th Far East Film Festival
Chris Berry
The Adventure of the Real: Jean Rouch and the Craft of Ethnographic Cinema by Paul Henley
Rina Sherman
La decima vittima
R.D. Crano
World Poll 2018 – Part 6
ENTRIES IN PART 6:
Nick P.
Andreea Pătru
Yoana Pavlova
Jesse Percival
Antoni Peris Grao
Simon Petri-Lukács
Andréa Picard
Fidel Jesús Quirós
Christopher Llewellyn Reed
Marina D. Richter
Peter Rinaldi
Peter Rist
Kate Robertson
Melanie Robson
Eloise Ross
Julian Ross
Greek cinephile
Le Livre d’ Image (The Image Book, Jean-Luc Godard, 2018)
Gens du Lac (People of the Lake, Jean-Marie Straub, 2018)
Ahlat Agaci (The Wild Pear Tree, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, 2018)
Nuestro Tiempo (Our Time, Carlos Reygadas, 2018)
Tarde Para Morir Joven (Too Late to Die Young, Dominga Sotomayor Castillo, 2018)
Belmonte (Federico Veiroj, 2018)
Transit (Christian Petzold, 2018)
Ang Panahon ng Halimaw (Season of the Devil, Lav Diaz, 2018)
Teret (The Load, Ognjen Glavonić, 2018)
Rojo (Benjamin Naíshtat, 2018)
Entre dos Aguas (Between Two Waters, Isaki Lacuesta, 2018)
Altiplano (Malena Szlam, 2018)
Waldheims Walzer (The Waldheim Waltz, Ruth Beckermann, 2018)
Petra (Jaime Rosales, 2018)
The Image You Missed (Donal Foreman, 2018)
Sophia Antipolis (Virgil Vernier, 2018)
Still River (Angelos Frantzis, 2018)
Former General Manager, Accent Film Entertainment
First Reformed (Paul Schrader, 2018)
Roma (Alfonso Cuarón, 2018)
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, 2018)
Shoah: Four Sisters (Claude Lanzmann, 2018)
A Star Is Born (Bradley Cooper, 2018)
Manbiki Kazoku (Shoplifters, Hirokazu Koreeda 2018)
The Favourite (Yorgos Lanthimos, 2018)
Wildlife (Paul Dano, 2018)
American Animals (Bart Layton, 2018)
Crime + Punishment (Stephen Maing, 2018)
Film critic and programmer
Genèse (Genesis, Philippe Lesage, 2018)
Di qiu zui hou de ye wan (Long Day’s Journey Into Night, Bi Gan, 2018)
Da xiang xi di er zuo (An Elephant Sitting Still, Hu Bo, 2018)
A Land Imagined (Yeo Siew Hua, 2018)
Zimna wojna (Cold War, Paweł Pawlikowski, 2018)
The Mountain (Rick Alverson, 2018)
Beoning (Burning, Lee Chang-dong, 2018)
Meshok bez dna (The Bottomless Bag, 2017)
Van Pao-te (Father to Son, Hsiao Ya-chuan, 2018)
Familia Sumergida (A Family Submerged, María Alché 2018)
Unas Preguntas (One or Two Questions, Kristina Konrad, 2018)
Did You Wonder Who Fired the Gun? (Travis Wilkerson, 2017)
Tarde para morir joven Too Late to Die Young, Dominga Sotomayor, 2018)
What You Gonna Do When the World’s on Fire? (Roberto Minervini, 2018)
Shéhérazade (Jean-Bernard Marlin, 2018)
Critic / Festivalists
It is my impression that cinema is getting more and more safe, so these 10 titles have caught my mind (and heart) with their sincerity, boldness, tiny imperfections. After visiting the Venice VR Island in 2018, I would say that immersive media is now “a thing on its own.” Speaking of moving images and digital culture, my most exciting and noteworthy discovery is BigGAN. Also, the year in which we lost Kira Muratova.
Fotbal Infinit (Infinite Football, Corneliu Porumboiu, 2018)
Fuga (Fugue, Agnieszka Smoczyńska, 2018)
Je vois rouge (I See Red People, Bojina Panayotova, 2018)
Lissa Ammetsajjel (Still Recording, Ghiath Ayoub, Saeed Al Batal, 2018)
Oiktos (Pity, Babis Makridis, 2018)
Ruben Brandt, Collecto (Milorad Krstić, 2018)
Tchelovek Kotorij Udivil Vseh (The Man Who Surprised Everyone, Natalya Merkulova, Alexey Chupov, 2018)
The Train Hamasen VR (Kuan-Yuan Lai, 2017)
Un couteau dans le coeur (Knife + Heart, Yann Gonzalez, 2018)
Vulkan (Volcano, Roman Bondarchuk, 2018)
Film Editor, Los Angeles, CA
2018 was an exciting year for cinema, no question about it. An exceptional strong turnout from both Sundance and the Cannes Film Festival meant there were no shortage of indie darlings to look forward to, but the studios also turned out some of their best films in quite some time. Who could have possibly missed the cultural moment that was Black Panther, or missed the return of the romantic comedy with Crazy Rich Asians? But most importantly, this year gave us Mission: Impossible – Fallout, the best studio produced Blockbuster since Mad Max: Fury Road.
Though perhaps the most notable film event of 2018 was the full-fledged emergence of streaming services as movie giants. Netflix brought us new films from both the Coen Brothers and Alfonso Cuarón, and Amazon put their money where their mouth is and gave Luca Guadagnino a blank check to make a bonkers remake of a horror classic. Like the studio system, the streaming market certainly churns out a lot of junk and background noise, but for the first time in the five years since original streaming content took off the platforms are finally living up to the promise of offering filmmakers an alternative outlet to get their visions realized.
No matter which way you looked, whether on the big screen or the small screen, there was something worthwhile. If you didn’t notice those films, you weren’t looking hard enough or they got too limited of a release. This unfortunately meant films like Blindspotting (Carlos López Estrada, 2018), which I would argue has the potential to be a modern American classic, got criminally overlooked. That’s why I enjoy these end of the year lists and especially the World Poll, because it gives me a chance to share my love of all the films I saw, and gives me a chance to discover all the films I was too blind to notice. Obviously I can’t see everything (really excited to see Shoplifters (Hirokazu Kore-eda, 2018) still) and I’m only going to list films I saw in Los Angeles cinemas in the year 2018, including some festival titles from last year.
Mission: Impossible – Fallout (Christopher McQuarrie, 2018)
Suspiria (Luca Guadagnino, 2018)
Blindspotting (Carlos López Estrada, 2018)
Annihilation (Alex Garland, 2018)
Black Panther (Ryan Coogler, 2018)
Hereditary (Ari Aster, 2018)
Mandy (Panos Cosmatos, 2018)
Paddington 2 (Paul King, 2017)
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman, 2018)
BlacKKKlansman (Spike Lee, 2018)
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, 2018)
Sorry to Bother You (Boots Riley, 2018)
The Sisters Brothers (Jacques Audiard, 2018)
Crazy Rich Asians (Jon M. Chu, 2018)
You Were Never Really Here (Lynne Ramsay, 2017)
Miradas de Cine / Culturaca (Film/ Culture Looks)
Just as every year, enjoying and diving in cinema, I much appreciated a whole bunch of movies. Some of them are here, though I could have shared a list twice longer.
No doubt I enjoyed a lot the first five, being attracted to them because of their uniqueness. Nevertheless, it’s nearly impossible for me to set them above the rest. As for all the others, I decided to group many of them according to the topics or the style.
Under the Silver lake (David Robert Mitchell, 2018) – Fascinating mixture of classic revisited, postmodern and contemporary cinema, is a truly L.A. movie genre experience.
Burning (Beoning, Chang-Dong Lee, 2018)- also, as previous entry, reality and imagination mixed in a complex world.
Phantom Thread (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2017) a stylized fable where people’s desires dance among static faces.
Kamera wo tomeru na! (One Cut of the Dead, Shin’ichiro Ueda, 2018) – An extraordinary funny spoof movie on zombies that is a real piece of love to the cinema and expresses itself through a brilliant tracking shot and subsequent edited actions
Les garçons sauvages (The Wild Boys, Bertrand Mandico, 2017) – Seductive mixture of adventures and morbid sex, looking as Guy Maddin had adapted Adventure island or Lord of the flies thinking of Fassbinder.
Sad fables, in completely diverse styles on mankind, the pursuit of happiness, the difficulty of kindness and the need of believing in miracles, in magic or in ourselves:
Lazzaro felice (Happy as Lazzaro, Alice Rohrwacher, 2018)
A Fábrica de Nada (The Nothing Factory, Pedro Pinho, 2017)
Tiempo compartido (Time share, Sebastian Hoffman, 2018)
Three billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri (Martin McDonagh, 2017)
The Shape of Water (Guillermo Del Toro, 2017).
Different insights on how difficult is to be a woman:
The Widowed Witch (Cai Chengjie 2017)
Tesnota (Closeness, Kantemir Balagov, 2017)
Jonaki (Aditya Vikram Sengupta, 2018)
Ainhoa, yo no soy ésa (Ainhoa: That’s Not Me, Caroline Astudillo Muñoz, 2018)
Insyriated (In Syria, Phillipe Van Leeuw, 2017)
Ward Masmoum (Poisonous Roses, Fawzi Saleh, 2018)
Una mujer fantástica (A Fantastic Woman, Sebastian Lelio 2017)
Nepovinoveniye (Disobedience, Sebastian Lelio, 2018)
Reviews of classical genres setting the counter at start once again such as:
Western (Valeska Grisebach, 2017)
Or making diversions on past tracks as done in
The Spy Gone North (Gongjak, Yoon Jong-bin, 2018)
Avengers: Infinity war (Anthony Russo and Joe Russo, 2018)
Incredibles 2 (Brad Bird, 2018)
El ángel (Luis Ortega, 2018)
Aniara (Pella Kägerman, Hugo Lilja, 2018)
Roma (Alfonso Cuaron, 2018).
Being pain struck with the urgency of document:
A Ciambra (The Ciambra. Jonas Carpignano, 2017) – a feature film
Rabot (Christina Vandekerckhove, 2017) – a creative documentary
No Intenso Agora (In the Intense Now, João Moreira Salles, 2017) – an essay confronting objectivity and subjectivity
… And I’m positively sure that, just having sent this list, I will miss a lot more to be mentioned. Enjoy cinema!!!
Film student based in Vienna
Diane (Kent Jones, 2018)
Le livre d’image (The Image Book, Jean- Luc Godard, 2018)
Ziyou Xing (A Family Tour, Ying Liang, 2018)
Chaos (Sara Fattahi, 2018)
Doubles vies (Non-Fiction, Olivier Assayas, 2018)
Pul-lip-deul (Grass Hong Sang-soo, 2018)
Ni de lian (Your Face, Tsai Ming-liang, 2018)
Angelo (Markus Schleinzer, 2018)
Ba ge nu ren yi ta xi (First Night Nerves, Stanley Kwan, 2018)
Die bauliche Massnahme (The Border Fence, Nikolaus Geyrhalter, 2018)
I have seen wonderful and rewarding films by many of my favourite directors this year. However, the most inspiring experience a cinephile can have is discovery. I loved those years when my favourite film of the year was directed by someone I didn’t know earlier. I remember discovering Sophie Letourneur or Alain Gomis like that. This year was a bit different. I did know about Kent Jones, in fact I am as passionate and enthusiastic about his criticism as I am about the films of my favourite directors. As ignorant and uninformed as it sounds, I didn’t know that he wants to make a fiction film. Diane is loving, intelligent, rich, a film of significant values, a highly original work by a highly devoted fan and scholar of cinema. The most remarkable surprise of 2018.
Wavelengths curator, TIFF, Former artistic director, Cinema du Réel
Le Livre d’image (The Image Book, Jean-Luc Godard, 2018)
Da xiang di er zuo (An Elephant Sitting Still, Hu Bo, 2018)
Dead Souls (Wang Bing, 2018)
COHEN (James Benning)
In My Room (Ulrich Köhler)
Ada Kaleh (Helena Wittmann, 2018)
Ash is Purest White (Jia Zhang-ke, 2018)
Parsi (Eduardo Williams, 2018)
Your Face (Tsai Ming-liang, 2018)
The House that Jack Built (Lars von Trier, 2018)
Lazzaro Felice (Alice Rohrwacher, 2018)
The Action Lies (James N. Kienietz, 2019)
Pul-lip-deul (Grass, Hong-Sang-soo, 2018)
Ray & Liz (Richard Billingham, 2018)
Infinite Football (Corneliu Porumboiu, 2018)
Fainting Spells (Sky Hopinka, 2018)
Il Diario di Angela –Noi due Cineasti (Yervant Gianikian, Angela Ricchi Lucci, 2018)
La Flor (The Flower, Mariano Llinás, 2018)
Diamantino (Gabriel Abrante, Daniel Schmidt, 2018)
Di qui zui hou de ye wan, (Long Day’s Journey into Night, Bi Gan, 2018)
Casanovagen (Casanovagen ,Luise Donschen, 2018)
High Life (Claire Denis, 2018)
Her Smell (Alex Ross Perry, 2018)
Wild Relatives (Jumana Mannam, 2018)
Introduzione all’oscuro (Gaston Solnicki, 2018)
Portraits (Tacita Dean, 2018) – Tacita Dean retrospective at Cinéma du Réel, Centre Pompidou
Funk Lessons & Some Reflective Surfaces (Adrian Piper, 2018) – Adrian Piper retrospective MoMA
Roi Soleil (Albert Serra, 2018)
I Hope I’m Loud When I’m Dead (Beatrice Gibson, 2018)
Terra Franca (Ashore, Leonor Telles, 2018)
The films of S.N.S. Sastry (presented by Federico Rossin, 2018)
Allegro Largo Triste (Aurélien Froment, 2017)
I Can See Forever (Jeremy Shaw, 2018)
Black Mother (Khalik Allah, 2018)
Monelle (Diego Marcon)
L’Empire de la perfection (John McEnroe:In the Realm of Perfection Julien Farault, 2018)
Climax (Gaspar Noe, 2018)
Editor at the Portal of Latin American and Caribbean Cinema in Havana
Do not think at any moment that this is really the selection of the best films of 2018, if you think of a cinematic environment where there is few possibilities to see the commercial or art-house hits of the year. And if you consider that Havana isn’t almost completely disconnected, in regard to downloading or streaming or any other platform to visualize features, and yet my increasingly reluctance to attend the about ten movies theatres still running here. December’s International Film Festival being the only moment to tune with some international releases and world film festival favourites.
But even when we are a little in retard with the rest of the world, at the end a great part of previous year films are finally released here more widely on specialized television shows, which most of the time said nothing new to me. So at least, you can trust that this little bunch really did. They are not here, just because they were considered good, important or well crafted, but because they really surprised or mesmerized me.
Here previous year’s hits always resound next one, and so did Luca Guadagnino’s Call me by Your Name (2017) surprisingly the most popular romantic film of the last Oscars season. English speaking, with US production, but with a French summer mist trapped in an Italian lust, and all captured by the Asian gaze of avant-gardist cinematographer Sayombhu Mukdeeprom. A born classic, which the Academy did not longer award, since it consecrates instead now bizarre genre films.
On the other side of American splendour, it is Raoul Peck’s I am not your Negro (2016), a subjective immersion in the turmoil surrounding the life and death of three black heroes of American Civil right movement. A films to filmgoers that want to vanish forever racism and sideways homophobia. Cesars awarded it, Bafta also did, and the Oscars missed the chance again.
South of Rio Bravo, Mexicans tried to be once hand to hand with Tinsel town, and yet in a way they are gradually colonizing Hollywood with their craft. But yet in plain Mexican land, superb native films are made, such as Alejandra Márquez Abella’s Las niñas bien (The Good Girls, 2018) that proves how captivating and subtle Latin American film can be, portraying the downfall of a world of opulence and splendour.
Cuban films are constantly reborn from the ashes, no matter what the political, social, economic or cultural circumstance are. And so does Arturo Soto Díaz’ awesome Nido de Mantis (Mantis Nest, 2018), which blends the 1960’s revolutionary spirit with the glamour of the 1950s, the stagnation and triumphalism of the 1970s and 80s, and the gritty realism of the 1990’s Cuba Special Period of scarcity. On the other side, it is the South American apparently stern realism of Beatriz Seigner’s Los silencios (2018), brutally riveting with its fascinating look at war, displacements, and survival, merging gradually equal doses of gritty and magical realism.
To cross the Atlantic and back again to the American continent, and from there to every other part of the world – as the convulse 1960s roll on- that is what Fermín Muguruza’s adult animation Black is Beltza (2018) does. So naïve as captivating at showing all this overwhelming parade of mythical figures and spaces of the revolutionary wave of the moment, telling us how latent and alive all this love, anarchy and idealism are still today.
If you want to go deep into the always surprising charm of the European cinema, nothing better than the French Louis Garrel’s A Faithful Man (L’Homme fidéle, 2018), the invisible man, a jewel of only 75 minutes that unfold like if were the nowadays customary films of 2 and a half hours, showing how much we waste in production and spectator patience, and creating instead a fanciful intimate universe of feeling and time span. Or it is just Jean-Claude Carrière’s script.
I attended two last decade Danish films, Susanne Bier’s In a Better World (Hævnen, 2010) and Martin Zandvliet’s Applaus (Applause, 2009). The first seems as if shot and produced last year, as the world gets deeper everyday into the whirlpool of war, violence and intolerance, it precisely denounces. Worth to be included in a Universal Museum of Man and Human and Civil Rights for generations to come if they survive. Well Up! That was made by a Woman Filmmaker. Martin Zandvliet’s Applause, on its turn, seems ageless with its chamber cinema aesthetic, austere setting and little cast that become increasingly suggesting, oppressive and dramatic.
My generation come in retard to the Asian wave in festival of the 80 and 90`s live action features, other than the always present Japanese animation. From Anime showcase I was really tantalized by Yoshiaki Kawajiri’s Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000); opening the new millennium by gathering the romantic Western tradition and Eastern phantasmagorical universe, taking dystopic heroes to the extreme of bizarre aesthetic of films to come.
Call Me By Your Name (Luca Guadagnino, 2017)
I Am Not Your Negro (Raoul Peck, 2016)
Nido de Mantis (Mantis Nest, Arturo Sotto2018)
Los silencios (Beatriz Seigner, 2018)
Las niñas bien (The Good Girls Alejandra Márquez Abella, 2018)
Black is Beltza (Fermín Muguruza, 2018)
L’homme fidèle (A Faithful Man, Louis Garrel, 2018)
Hævnen (In a Better World, Susanne Bier, 2010)
Applaus (Applause, Martin Zandvliet, 2009)
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (Yoshiaki Kawajiri, 2000)
Lead film critic at “Hammer to Nail,” film critic at “Film Festival Today,” co-host of the podcast “The Fog of Truth,” and host of Dragon Digital Television’s “Reel Talk with Christopher Llewellyn Reed”
Top Picks of 2018:
I found 2018 to be a terrific year for cinema, especially within the realm of independent and low-budget filmmaking (though there were a few big films I enjoyed, too). I became part of a documentary-themed podcast, The Fog of Truth, in January, with two other people, which means I started watching even more documentaries than I already did, previously. I have therefore organized my list, below, into separate narrative fiction and nonfiction categories. I have an initial Top 10 for each, and then an additional 10 runners-up, as well. I was particularly drawn to unusual stories, or movies that took significant chances with form and tone, though these risks had to be incorporated into a coherent overall vision. I had the great pleasure of reviewing all but one of these films (Ali Abbasi’s Gräns) for either Hammer to Nail or Film Festival Today, so if you want to find my detailed thoughts on any of these, head on over to those sites. Enjoy!
Top 10 Best Narratives (in alphabetical order):
Blindspotting(Carlos López Estrada, 2018)
Beoning(Burning, Chang-dong Lee, 2018)
Capharnaüm(Capernaum, Nadine Labaki, 2018)
Eighth Grade(Bo Burnham, 2018)
The Favourite(Yorgos Lanthimos, 2018)
First Reformed(Paul Schrader, 2017)
If Beale Street Could Talk(Barry Jenkins, 2018)
Nancy(Christina Choe, 2018)
The Rider(Chloé Zhao, 2017)
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse(Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman, 2018)
Top 10 Best Documentaries (in alphabetical order):
The Dawn Wall(Josh Lowell, Peter Mortimer, 2017)
Free Solo (Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, 2018)
Hale County This Morning, This Evening(RaMell Ross, 2018)
Matangi/Maya/M.I.A.(Steve Loveridge, 2018)
Our New President(Maxim Pozdorovkin, 2018)
RBG(Julie Cohen, Betsy West, 2018)
Science Fair(Cristina Costantini, Darren Foster, 2018)
They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead(Morgan Neville, 2018)
Three Identical Strangers(Tim Wardle, 2018)
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?(Morgan Neville, 2018)
10 Narrative Runners-Up (in alphabetical order):
Black Panther(Ryan Coogler, 2018)
Estiu 1993(Summer 1993, Carla Simón, 2017)
Gräns (Border, Ali Abbasi, 2018)
Der Hauptmann(The Captain, Robert Schwentke, 2017)
Manbiki kazoku(Shoplifters, Hirokazu Koreeda, 2018)
Monsters and Men(Reinaldo Marcus Green, 2018)
Night Comes On(Jordana Spiro, 2018)
Se rokh (3 Faces, Jafar Panahi, 2018)
Svanurinn(The Swan, Ása Helga Hjörleifsdótirr, 2017)
We the Animals(Jeremiah Zagar, 2018)
10 Documentary Runners-Up (in alphabetical order):
Charm City(Marilyn Ness, 2018)
Ingrid(Morrisa Maltz, 2018)
The Island(Adam Weingrod, 2017)
Island of the Hungry Ghosts(Gabrielle Brady, 2018)
Maiden(Alex Holmes, 2018)
Minding the Gap(Bing Liu, 2018)
On Her Shoulders(Alexandria Bombach, 2018)
306 Hollywood(Elan Bogarin, Jonathan Bogarin, 2018)
The World Before Your Feet(Jeremy Workman, 2018)
Yours in Sisterhood(Irene Lusztig, 2018)
In addition to all of the above feature-length films, I’d like to also mention two short documentaries, one released by the UK newspaper The Guardian‘s documentary group, entitled Black Sheep (Ed Perkins, 2018), and the other as a New York Times‘ Op-Doc, entitled Earthrise (Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee, 2018). The first is a profound examination of how one young man overcame the racism of his home town, while the second revisits the Apollo 8 mission. Both are beautifully assembled and phenomenal examples of the craft.
May the year 2019 offer us many more like these, plus ones we cannot yet imagine!
California Institute of the Arts, Film at REDCAT
Being hospitalized and then in recovery during the best part of the year, I missed a lot of mainstream films in theater, but still managed to see enough to produce a credible, and, I hope, an entertaining list.
In alphabetical order (by director) and in different sections.
Girls that Make Me Happy:
Guo Chun Tian (The Crossing, Bai Xue, 2018)
Pinochet Porn (Ellen Cantor, 2008-2016)
Sir (Rohena Gera, 2018)
Leave No Trace (Debra Granik, 2018)
Beach Rats (Eliza Hittman, 2017)
Capharnaüm (Capernaum, Nadine Labaki, 2018)
Wild Relatives (Jumana Manna, 2018)
O Caderno Negro (The Black Book, Valerie Sarmiento, 2018)
Purge this Land (Lee Anne Schmitt, 2017)
Rouqing shi (Girls Always Happy, Yang Mingming, 2018)
Two films that revisit, in their own way, a utopia coined during years of activism a few decades ago: the creative value of artificial families. Within the context of mainstream society, it does not work – but somewhat it does – and then it’s exhilarating – and with the right kind of acting it’s also great cinema:
120 Battements par minute (BPM (Beats Per Minute), Robin Campillo, 2017)
Manbiki Kazoku (Shoplifters, Koreeda Hirokazu, 2018)
There is something in each of these films that just get “it” – “it” being the kernel of reality that only cinema can “touch” (to quote Johan van der Keuken) – always ready to leap toward the realm of the invisible:
“Der Klang, die Welt…” (Robert Beavers, 2018, short)
L. COHEN (James Benning, 2018, short)
Cocote (Nelson Carlo de Los Santos Arias, 2017)
Jiang hu er nv (Ash is Purest White, Jia Zhangke, 2018)
Rojo (Benjamin Naishtat, 2018)
Zhuang si le yi zhi yang (Jinpa, Pema Tseden, 2018)
Si ling hun (Dead Souls, Wang Bing, 2018)
Zi You Xing (A Family Tour, Ying Liang, 2018)
Hitsuji no Ki (The Scythian Lamb, Yoshida Daihachi, 2018)
Archival Pleasures:
Retrospective Moustapha Alassane (1942-2015), “Pioneer of the Golden Age of Nigerien (not Nigerian: the man is from the country of Niger), organized by Amélie Garin-Davet
Luminous Procuress (Steven Arnold, 1971), restored by the Pacific Film Archive
The work of Barbara Hammer, especially her landmark film, Nitrate Kisses (1992), restored by Mark Toscano
Queen of Diamonds (Nina Menkes, 1991), restored by the Academy
La Telenovela Errante (The Wandering Soap Opera, shot by Raul Ruiz in 1990, edited/completed by Valeria Sarmiento in 2017)
Guilty Pleasures:
Crazy Rich Asians (John M. Chu, 2018) – because the film bombed in China for the same reason it was a hit in the Asian American community: what is novel in Hollywood (an all-Asian cast) is just an everyday reality in Beijing. Paradox and irony. But Michelle Yeoh (excellent!) in a couture pantsuit, and the fashion show, and the food, and the mansions… this was a lot of fun.
The Death of Stalin (Armando Iannucci, 2017) – because the film is banned in Russia, but made ex-Soviet Union denizens laugh, because Steve Buscemi, wearing a cheap suit over his pajama, is playing the role he was made for (Nikita Khrushchev), because every dead dictator deserves to be put in an end-of-the-year list.
Wo Bu Shi Yao Shen (Dying to Survive, Wen Muye, 2018). Starring a well-known comedian (Xu Zheng), but directed by a first-time filmmaker, this unpretentious commercial film about a group of patients breaking the law to get cheaper anti-cancer medicine struck a raw nerve in China and became an unexpected box-office success.
Semi-guilty:
Can You Ever Forgive Me? (Marielle Heller, 2018) – because Lee Israel believed in texts written (or typed) on paper, the way some of us believe in analog cinema, and Melissa McCarthy made us believe she believed.
Freelance film critic, Austria
I was surprised to find more films on my list than expected, but at the end of the day, it was a very good year for the arthouse cinema. It wasn’t bad either in terms of good commercial productions, so if there is a reason to complain, other than maybe about the size of your popcorn, if you are that kind of consumer.
20x feature-length films in 2018:
La enfermedad del domingo (Sunday’s Illness, Ramón Salazar, 2018)
Niña errante (Wandering Girl, Rubén Mendoza, 2018)
Manbiki kazoku (Shoplifters, Hirokazu Koreda, 2018)
Dom boraca (Home of the Resistance, Ivan Ramljak, 2018)
Invest in Failure (Notes on Film 06-C, Monologue), (Norbert Pfaffenbichler, 2018)
Îmi este indifferent dacǎ în istorie vom intra ca barbari (I do not care if we go down the history as barbarians, Radu Jude, 2018)
Extinção (Extinction, Salomé Lamas, 2018)
In Fabric (Peter Strickland, 2018)
Jiang hu er nv (Ash is Purest White, Jia Zhang-ke, 2018)
A Portuguesa (A Portuguese Woman, Rita Azevedo Gomes, 2018)
Fotbal Infinit (Infinite Football, Corneliu Porumboiou, 2018)
Joy (Sudabeh Mortezai, 2018)
Crowhurst (Simon Rumley, 2017 – released in 2018)
Gyeo-wul-ba-me (Winter’s Night, Jang Woo-jin, 2018)
In the Middle of The River (Damian John Harper, 2018)
10+ First Feature:
Teret (The Load, Ognjen Glavonic, 2018)
Mid90s (Jonah Hill, 2018)
The Song of The Tree (Aibek Daiyrbekov, 2018)
Diamantino (Gabriel Abrantes, Daniel Schmidt, 2018)
The Parting Glass (Stephen Moyer, 2018)
Diki pole (The Wild Fields, Yaroslav Lodygin, 2018)
Khrustal (Crystal Swan, Darya Zhuk, 2018)
Pafsi (Pause, Tonia Mishiali, 2018)
Girl (Lukas Dhont, 2018)
Yung (Henning Gronkowski, 2018)
5x Honorable Mentions:
Await for Further Instructions (Johnny Kevorkian, 2018)
Lifeboat (Josefine Kirkeskov, 2018)
53 Wojny (53 Wars, Ewa Bukowska, 2018)
Jinpa (Pema Tseden, 2018)
Obscuro Barroco (Evangelia Kranioti, 2018)
20x Shorts:
Skip Day (Patrick Bresnan & Ivete Lucas, 2018)
(Fool Time) Job (Gilles Cuvelier, 2017)
Fauve (Jérémy Comte, 2018)
Sashleli (Eraser, Davit Pirtskhalava 2018)
L’été et tout le reste (The Summer and All the Rest, Sven Bresser, 2018)
Patision Avenue (Thanasis Neofotistos 2018)
Je sors acheter des cigarettes (I’m Going Out for Cigarettes, Osman Cerfon 2018)
Deer Boy (Katarzyna Gondek 2017)
Prisoner of Society (Rati Tsiteladze 2018)
Cadaver Exquis (Stéphanie Lansaque 2018)
Momentum 142310 (Manuel Knapp, 2018)
La Chute (The Fall, 2018)
An Excavation of Us (Shirley Bruno, 2017)
Пять минут до моря (Five Minutes to Sea, Natalia Mirzoyan, 2018)
Raymonde ou l’évasion verticale (Raymonde or the Vertical Escape, Sarah van den Boom, 2018)
Untravel (Ana Nedeljkovic, Nikola Majdak jr, 2018)
Haus der Regierung (Herwig Weiser, 2018)
Taking Stock (Duncan Cowles, 2017)
Egg (Martina Scarpeli 2018)
To Dasos (The Forest, Lia Tsalta, 2018)
The most impressive personal cinema experiences in 2018
The retrospective “The B-Film: Low Budget Hollywood Cinema 1935-1959”a cooperative project between the Viennese Filmmuseum and the Viennale, curated by Haden Guest. Notably: “Daughter of Shanghai” (Robert Florey, 1937, 35mm), “The House of Fear” (Joe May, 1939, 35mm), “Island of Doomed Men” (Charles Barton, 1940, 35mm), “The Face Behind the Mask” (Robert Florey, 1941, 35mm), “Donovan’s Brain” (Felix E. Feist, 1953, 16mm) and “Outrage” (Ida Lupino, 1950, 35mm).
Open air cinema screening (Kino wie noch nie, Augarten, Vienna) of “Koyaanisqatsi” (Godfrey Reggio, 1982, 35mm)
The screening of “Schamlos” (Eddy Saller, 1968, 35mm) within the /Slash film festival, in presence of Udo Kier
Programmer (Porto/Post/Doc and Curtas Vila do Conde), Assistant Professor, School of Arts, Universidade Católica Portuguesa
How do we make sense of our world? In this labyrinth of images, sounds, thoughts, ideas. This film uses its own fragmented world – its anomalies and perversities – to think freely about us. Violence, war, virtue, democracy, the Arab world, all of these are part of a possible future. Godard is not optimistic, we know, but the very idea of this film existence proves that something is ahead in our future.
A strange remake of “Taxi Driver”, Schrader again focuses on a man and his quest for some kind of redemption. Can a woman allow that? No, she can’t. Built in a tense narrative of long scenes, the film leaves us with a sense of malady, of a time in which we are lost.
Zama (Lucretia Martel, 2017)
Against all odds, Martel excels in a period film. Yes, because it’s an OVNI and a science fiction of the past. The despair of the main character is our despair, of these modern times.
Ganbyun Hotel (The Hotel by The River, Hong Sang-soo, 2018)
By its serene narrative, “Hotel by the River” is a meditation on death and on a legacy, but doing that with small translucent scenes, full of bittersweet mood. One of his best films, touching in issues such as fatherhood and man-woman relations.
L’amant d’un jour (Lover for a Day, Philippe Garrel, 2017)
Best dance scene of the year, in a film that shows us how we need to live in contradiction. Garrel is always Garrel. This one is vintage.
A Árvore (The Tree, André Gil Mata, 2018)
Emotion is a derivative of time. In his “The Tree”, Gil Mata explores our conscience of life, its heaviness, its coldness, which are all adjectives for living. In these long tracking shots, the film allows us to sense the world around, and even if there is a sense of outdatedness, that’s precisely what matters: being there, being here, it’s all the same.
Fausto (Faust, Andrea Bussman, 2018)
Stories, we are always lost in the stories. In “Fausto”, Bussman deepens the idea until we are submerged in a labyrinthic imaginary of mythic stories and small talks about every day. Mystic and reality getting together.
Gulyabani (Gürcan Keltek, 2018)
After “Meteors” in 2017, the Turkish director brings us to a zone of discomfort, tracing the life of a seer, in a cinematic ‘tour de force’ that overwhelms by its beauty and reflexive tone. A small film about cinema.
No Intenso Agora (In the Intense Now, João Moreira Salles, 2018)
Memory is a beautiful lie. This film sees the past as something so intense that its fragments keep haunting us, no matter what we can do against it.
Infinit Football (Infinite Football, Corneliu Porumboiu, 2018)
A film about football, a film about life, a film about a human being. As a Portuguese, I know how football is beautiful, so, yes, it can be discussed and it can be talked. And, like everything, football is life.
Film critic and lecturer in Screen Studies at the University of South Australia
For this year’s World Poll. I have compiled my 26 favourite films for 2018. For the final episode of Plato’s Cave in early December, I contributed my top ten films that received some form of release in Australia. They are as follows in no particular order:
120 Battements Par Minute (BPM (Beats Per Minute), Robin Campillo 2017)
Love, Simon (Greg Berlant 2018)
Manbiki Kazoku (Shoplifters, Hirokazu Kore-eda, 2018)
Strange Colours (Alena Lodkina 2018)
Sweet Country (Warwick Thornton, 2018)
The Tale (Jennifer Fox, 2018)
Una Mujer Fantástica (A Fantastic Woman, Sebastián Lelio, 2017)
Zimna Wodjna (Cold War, Pawel Pawlikowski, 2018)
Now that I am no longer confined to just ten titles (oh the freedom!), I would like to add these titles:
Aus dem Nichts (In the Fade, Fatih Akin, 2017)
Backtrack Boys (Catherine Scott, 2018)
Disobedience (Sebastián Lelio, 2018)
I Used to Be Normal: A Boyband Fangirl Story (Jessica Leski, 2018)
Jusqu’à la Garde (Custody, Xavier Legrand, 2018)
The Miseducation of Cameron Post (Desiree Akhavan, 2018)
Beyond these titles, my top films that I saw at a film festival that have not yet received a release in Australia are as follows:
Holiday (Isabella Eklöf, 2018)
La Nuit a Dévoré le Monde (The Night Eats the World, Dominique Rocher, 2018)
Rafiki (Wanuri Kahiu, 2018)
Rökkur (Rift, Erlingur Thoroddsen, 2017)
Sauvage (Camille Vidal-Naquet, 2018)
We The Animals (Jeremiah Zagar, 2018)
Filmmaker and writer in New York City. He hosts Filmmaker Magazine’s BACK TO ONE podcast which features working actors talking about the acting craft
Because I (a) haven’t seen every single movie this year and I’m (b) inclined to reject the idea of “best” in art, I will only name 5 films, in alphabetical order, which I would not be able to remove from a list of favourites this year, no matter how many films I see.
Zimna wojna (Cold War, Pawel Pawlikowski 2018)
Nepovinoveniye, (Disobedience, Sebastian Lelio 2018)
Nancy (Christina Choe, 2018)
We The Animals (Jeremiah Zagar 2018)
You Were Never Really Here (Lynne Ramsay 2018)
And 5 indie films with super small releases in America this year that deserved more attention:
Unlovable (Suzi Yoonessi, 2018)
Galveston (Melanie Laurent, 2018)
The Party’s Just Beginning (Karen Gillan, 2018)
Mobile Homes (Vladimir de Fontenay, 2018)
Jinn (Nijla Mumin, 2018)
Film studies Professor at Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
From December 1st 2017 to November 30th 2018, I went to the cinema over 315 times (including at festivals) and saw more than 375 feature films for the first time (in theatres, on TV, on aircraft, or my desk-top computer). And yet, I feel that I am still behind with new films. For the first time in two decades, a new theatrical film venue opened in Montreal, the Cinema Moderne operated by Roxanne Sayegh (who had previously headed up the city’s wonderful documentary festival RIDM), and it is “marvelous” – very small (only 55 seats) – but a genuine repertory cinema, showing work of very limited interest – e.g., Kiorastami’s 24 Frames – but also giving Roma (Alfonso Cuarón, 2018) a local run, complete with Atmos Dolby sound. But, here is the problem: we will probably never get to see other Netflix titles, like Lazzaro Felice (Happy as Lazzaro, Alice Rohrwacher, 2018), the way they should be seen, and with Disney about to take over much of Fox, including the impressive Searchlight arm, non-commercial features, especially in languages other than English and French will become even rarer in cinemas, although Cinema Moderne will do their best to fill the gap. On the commercial front, the 22 theatre Cineplex Forum, not far from where I live,, continues to regularly show more than 20 different titles every day, including popular fare from India, China, Hong Kong, the Philippines, and sometimes Russia, Israel and the Arab world, very few of which ever get reviewed locally. Montreal is still a very fine place to live, and more-and-more a cultural, social and political oasis in this crazy, horribly right-leaning world.
Six films for the ages (in the order in which I saw them):
Fengyu zhi ye (The Stormy Night, aka “On a Stormy Night” or “Night of Wind and Rain”, Zhu Shouju, 1925)- at Lingnan University, Hong Kong, March
Grass (Hong Sang-Su, 2018) – at the FILMART, HK, March
Zama (Lucretia Martel, 2017)- on TV, in the pressroom of the Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF), March, and then, thankfully, in a film theatre, Cinéma du Parc, Montreal, June
Western (Valeska Grisebach, 2017) – Goethe Institute at du Parc, June
So-gong-nyeo (Microhabitat, Jeon Go-Woon, 2017) – FanTasia festival, Montreal, July
Vivek (Reason, Anand Patwardan, 2018) – Cinema Politica, Montreal, September
Another 20 new(ish) films (in the order in which I saw them):
The Breadwinner (Nora Twomey, 2017) – in release, Montreal, December 2017
Werewolf (Ashley Mackenzie, 2016) – on an Air Canada flight to San Francisco, January
24 Frames (Abbas Kiarostami, 2017) – at HKIFF, in a cinema, March
The Rider (Chloe Zhao, 2017) – HKIFF, in another cinema, March
You Were Never Really Here (Lynn Ramsey, 2017) – in release, Montreal, April
Leave No Trace (Debra Granik, 2018) – in release, Montreal, July
Madeline’s Madeline (Josephine Decker, 2018) – at FanTasia, August
Sweet Country (Warwick Thornton, 2017) – at the First People’s Festival, Montreal, August
Tirss, Rihlat, Alsoo’oud ila Almar’I (Erased,____Ascent of the Invisible, Ghassan Halwani, 2018) – “Wavelengths,” TIFF, September
Zhuang si le yi zhi yang (Jinpa, Pema Tseden, 2018) – TIFF, September
Félicité (Alain Gomis, 2017) – at Cinema Moderne, Montreal, September
Que Horas Ela Volta? (The Second Mother, Anna Muylaert, 2015) – Festival du Film Brésilien de Montréal, at du Parc, October
O Processo (The Trial, Maria Augusta Ramos, 2018), – RIDM, November, plus Ramos’ Seca (Drought, 2015); see “older films” below
Hale County This Morning, This Evening (RaMell Ross, 2018) – RIDM, November Zi hua xiang: 47 Gong li si fen ke si (Self Portrait: Sphinx in 47km, Zhang Mengqi, 2017), RIDM, November
Segunda Vez (Second Time Around, Doria García, 2018) – RIDM, November
Les âmes mortes (Dead Souls, Part 2, Wang Bing, 2018) – RIDM, November
Beoning (Burning, Lee Chang-Dong, 2018) – press screening, Montreal, November
3000 Layla (3000 Nights, Mai Masri, 2015) – Cinémathèque Québécoise, November
And 14 older films seen for the first time (in the order in which I saw them):
Byeoldeului gohyang (Heavenly Homecoming to Stars, Lee Jang-Ho, 1974) – Korean Film Archive on YouTube, January
Address Unknown (William Cameron Menzies, 1944) – 35mm print, Noir City, San Francisco, January
Chikamatsu monogatari (A Story from [by] Chikamatsu, aka “Crucified Lovers”, Mizoguchi Kenji, 1954) – digital restoration, in Singapore, March
Éloge de retour (Ode to a Journey Home, Lysanne Thibodeau, 2001) – on TV, at her memorial service, Montreal, April
Sommarlek (Summer Interlude, Ingmar Bergman, 1951) – 35mm nitrate print, the Nitrate Picture Show, Rochester, NY, May – one of the few Bergman films that is not misogynist
Trade Tattoo (Len Lye, 1937) – 35mm Technicolor nitrate (wow!), Rochester, May
Marseille (Angela Schanelec, 2004) – on my desk top computer, MUBI, May
Tian xia di yi quan (King Boxer aka Five Fingers of Death, Jeong Chang-Hwa as “Chung Chang-Hwa”, 1972) – 35mm Shawscope print, FanTasia, July
2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968) – 70mm restoration (blown up to IMAX), Toronto, September (I had only seen it before on 16mm, and on TV, and projected digitally)
L’auberge rouge (The Red Inn, Jean Epstein, 1923) – Le Giornate del Cinema Muto, Pordenone, Oct.
Tokyo ondo (Nomura Hotei, 1932) – 35mm, Pordenone, October
Husbands and Lovers (John M. Stahl, 1924) – 35mm, Pordenone, October
Sangre (Amat Escalante, 2005) – Cinema Moderne, November
Juízo (Behave, Maria Augusta Ramos, 2007) – RIDM, November
Finally, some praise for Philippine filmmaking. Until this year’s HKIFF in March, I had never seen any of the late Ishmael Bernal’s work; I managed to catch Pagdating sa Dulo (At the Top, 1971) on video and now realize that there was a big gap in my understanding of film history. Secondly I must mention the bravery of some Philippine filmmakers who are exposing government and police corruption and killings within the drug trade. At FanTasia I was impressed by Mikhail Red’s Neomanila (2017), and Erik Matti’s Buy Bust (2018), while I am prepared to break my #1 rule of not giving Netflix any promotion this year by drawing attention to Brillante Mendoza’s 13 episode TV series Amo (2017). Although not of the same high standard as the late Lino Brocka’s sensational, slum-set films, they follow his example of mixing sepia-tinged hyper-realism and violent melodrama.
Australian writer and academic based in New York
This list is limited to films that, broadly, fit into the horror genre, which test and transform the limits of the screen.
As Boas Maneiras (Good Manners, Marco Dutra & Juliana Rojas 2017)
Aterrados (Terrified, Demián Rugna, 2017)
Cargo (Ben Howling & Yolanda Ramke, 2017)
The Endless (Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead, 2017)
Laissez Bronzer Les Cadavres (Let The Corpses Tan, Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani, 2017)
Possum (Matthew Holness, 2018)
The Devil’s Doorway (Aislinn Clarke, 2018)
The Ritual (David Bruckner, 2017)
The Witch in the Window (Andy Mitton, 2018)
Thelma (Joachim Trier, 2017)
Thoroughbreds (Cory Finley, 2017)
Early career researcher in film; Teaches film at UNSW and AFTRS in Sydney
My list includes my favourite films screened theatrically (or streaming only) in Australia in 2018. The first five are what I consider to be the most powerful and important films of the year, in no particular order. Each one is accompanied by my commentary:
Certainly my favourite film this year, and I’m quite sure it will quickly become a classic. Cuarón never fails to leave me in awe with his strikingly beautiful camerawork, which Roma has in spades. But where this film is truly powerful is in its palpably personal narrative; Cuarón makes poignant and intelligent commentary on class divisions and domestic labour, while maintaining the perspective of a young boy who we can only assume is a version of Cuarón as a child.
Thornton delivers again with a distinctly Australian take on the Western genre (which suits our landscape and the outback’s sense of lawlessness remarkably well). True to the genre, its narrative centres on troubling race relations, at times delving into the deeply confronting. A striking performance by Hamilton Morris (as Sam), who has little dialogue but expresses everything required in his facial expressions.
The only film on this list I’ve seen twice. My first viewing was one evening at the Sydney Film Festival in June and there was a vibrant feeling of excitement and apprehension in the audience. Spike Lee’s films are always passionate and controversial, and BlacKkKlansman wears its controversy proudly in its title. The narrative and thematic content is bold and confronting, but little else needs to be said about that than what has been said elsewhere. The production and sound design are an unparalleled highlight for me in their blend of historical realism and homage to Blaxploitation films. Performances by John David Washington, Adam Driver and Laura Harrier are electric.
A predictably divisive film, given its status as a remake of a cult horror classic. There are certainly substantial aspects of Argento’s original that I prefer—namely its delay in revealing the witches and its manically expressive soundtrack. I was particularly taken, however, with Guadagnino’s distinct visual style, his narrative changes, and his historical contextualization which help the film stand on its own, quite distinct from its predecessor. I also love the use of dance as a performative mode of expression and meaning. Tilda Swinton’s multi-character performance fooled me (I didn’t know it was her in three separate roles), and discovering this after watching added another level of delight.
The Other Side of the Wind (Orson Welles, 2018)
As a long time Welles fan, merely the release of this film is a highlight of the year for me after such a long wait. This is one of several bold moves made by Netflix this year – to help complete an unfinished project after 40+ years. The result is an intentionally disjointed narrative, with too many close ups and muddled dialogue; an undeniable and brilliant parody of pretentious art film. It feels every bit the collaborative process of the past few decades: after Welles’ death, the project was taken over by Peter Bogdanovich and various other contributors. Parts of the film feel distinctly Welles, while other parts are an unfamiliar style. I find it a difficult film to really enjoy, but it’s certainly important, and a vital tribute to the legacy of Welles.
The following six are films I enjoyed immensely. Through no intentional design, these films are each from a different country—the USA, Iran, France, the UK, Sweden, and Japan—and each has something important to say about the culture/s they portray. Sorry to Bother You and Shoplifters, in vastly different ways, give a voice to a particular section of African-American and Japanese culture respectively that is often silenced in contemporary cinema.
The Wife (Björn Runge, 2018)
The Square (Ruben Östlund, 2017)
Melbourne-based writer, academic, and film programmer
20 best film experiences I had this year, in the order I had them.
Not quite as strong as the magical Samson and Delilah (2009), but a very well made tale of Australia’s shame.
Phantom Thread (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2017)
Not at all what I expected but I loved every single moment.
Faces (John Cassavetes, 1968) – 35mm print, Melbourne Cinémathèque
Who can take their eyes away from a Cassavetes film? I remain haunted by that final shot.
The soundtrack was my running soundtrack.
Olivia (Jacqueline Audry, 1951) – 35mm print, Melbourne Cinémathèque
Delicious to watch this incredibly stylish film in a packed cinema.
Terror Nullius (Soda_Jerk, 2018)
An important work for Australia, and the world, both irresistibly fun and incisive work from Soda Jerk.
That Brennan Girl (Alfred Santell, 1946) – Il Cinema Ritrovato, Bologna
A highlight of a series of Republic Pictures restorations, That Brennan Girl is a remarkably forthright women’s picture about mothers, daughters, and the struggles of a city hurt by wartime, and corruption bred at home. I was stunned by the story, and swept along by the cinematography and pace of the editing.
Cabaret (Bob Fosse, 1972) – 35mm print, Il Cinema Ritrovato, Bologna
One of the most stunning, shocking, unforgettable viewings I had was an original Technicolor print of CABARET from 1972. I’m not exaggerating to say that I’ve seen this film at least 20 times. This time was different, because of format, surroundings, and no doubt, something to do with the current anxiety circulating through the world. There’s a cut in the film that is perhaps one of the greatest of all time. From a lunch between an exhilarated Liza Minnelli, Michael York, and Helmut Griem, Minnelli’s “you should have been there” is cut just slightly too soon, to a body being beaten by Nazis on the street. At this cut, before I even realised it had happened, I had tears streaming down my cheeks. I was choked up. That’s never happened before, at this moment. That’s the unique power of cinema, and of the big screen.
Víctimas del Pecado (Victims of Sin, Emilio Fernández, 1951)- Il Cinema Ritrovato, Bologna
Incredible performance from Ninón Sevilla as a Cuban dancer who rescues and raises a child, with a few nightclub scenes whose editing (by Gloria Schoemann) has the most thrilling rhythm I think I’ve ever seen.
Ydessa, Les Ours et etc (Ydessa, the Bears and etc. Agnès Varda) – Liverpool Biennial
Less of a film viewing, and more of a gallery experience, this was part of Varda’s installation work at the Liverpool Biennial. In a small gallery space lit only by light from the door and the projector, Varda’s film screened on a wall alongside the photograph whose story the film is investigating. I watched this twice.
Acute Misfortune (Thomas M. Wright, 2018)
Tells its story in the most beautiful, painful fragments. An essential new Australian film.
With the previous film, and again with Cold War I was taken this year by films which told their stories in fragments, affecting great power through means – score music, sound effects, facial expressions, cinematic restraint – other than explicit narrative. These are filmmakers that recognise there is impact to be made elsewhere.
Fuga (Fugue, Agnieszka Smocynska, 2018)
Entrancing performance from lead actor and screenwriter Gabriela Muskala. Greatest dance scene of the year?
Zama (Lucrecia Martel, 2018)
Reckons with Spanish colonial responsibility through the prism of a magical fever dream, countering a man’s increasing futility with an intensification of cinema’s textures, colours, sounds. Utterly absorbing and, in moments, exquisitely funny.
Has the powerful subtlety of earlier films like Nobody Knows (2004). Such delicate attention to the desires and confusions of children, and sharply focuses the human need for life and love. One of the most notable performances of the year, from Sakura Andô (which I noted in the Senses of Cinema podcast).
I was ready to be disappointed by this film, but was utterly carried away by its energy. And by Lady Gaga. Like Manohla Dargis wrote, “too much Bradley Cooper, but I love it.”1
Simple story of a father and daughter that indicts a world’s obsession with war through gentle observations of trauma. This is a film whose strength is precisely in its lack of anger.
A film worthy of its black and white aesthetic, and so much more.
Jôen (The Affair, Yoshishige Yoshida, 1967) – 35mm print, Japanese Film Festival, Melbourne
The claustrophobia of a loveless marriage and a woman struggling to learn that the reckless actions of her late mother stemmed from intimate and desperate desires. Opening with abstract images, this rapidly focuses on its very real characters, and is affecting with a cold soundscape. Loved seeing this with a celluloid grain, too.
Private Life (Tamara Jenkins, 2018)
Kathryn Hahn screaming about the prudish expectations of social workers while wielding bathroom-cleaning products in a tee-shirt and no underpants is contender for the best screen moment of the year.
Programmer at International Film Festival Rotterdam and Film Festival Locarno
Nervous Translation (Shireen Seno, 2018)
Western (Valeska Griesbach, 2017)
Beoning (Burning, Lee Chang dong, 2018)
Mountain Plain Mountain (Yu Araki, Daniel Jacoby, 2018)
The Remembered Film (Isabelle Tollenare, 2018)
Monelle (Diego Marcon, 2018)
Harano Sur (Lost Tune, Reetu Sattar, 2018)
Manohla Dargis and A.O. Scott, “Best Movies of 2018”, New York Times, Dec 5 2018, https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/05/movies/best-movies.html ↩
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#78 Building A Wall with Andrew Odom of Tiny R(e)volution
If you have ever wondered if Andrew has a serious side, if he thinks more deeply than he laughs, if he tires of talking about tiny houses after 8 years of living intentionally, if he accepts anyone’s opinion but his own, or if his future includes a soap box; you’ll want to tune in this week to hear the somewhat somber side of this funny guy. After overhearing him sadly comment on the homeless crisis in America, and after reading his chapter in Turning Tiny, we wanted to hear more. We wanted to hear his take on this complex issue. What really IS the problem that is causing the homeless epidemic in America? Are tiny houses the answer? How can we advocate for tiny houses as a tool to help the homeless while not devaluing them at the same time? If you think that we should be building tiny houses instead of walls to solve our societal problems, tune in this week. And, if you don’t learn anything at all, we know you will come away with a newfound appreciation for Andrew and his contribution to the tiny house movement that really isn’t going anywhere….(pun intended)
http://tinyrevolution.us/
#E77 The Fun Loving Festival Duo That Gives Back – with John and Fin Kernohan
What started in a small Amish community, gained momentum in the Florida high life, then became an all out mission in London, that ended with love. And the rest….as they say….is love filled history. (Do “they” really say that?) This week we’re chatting with the energetic and fun loving powerhouse couple behind United Tiny House Association, John and Fin. This funny and generous duo lives in a 300 square foot tiny house in Georgia with their six (Or 7?) cats. But even if you’re not a cat lover we know you’ll love the story of how they met, the first Atlanta Tiny House Festival, why they decided to donate the proceeds of their events to charities, why their volunteers love them (almost as much as we do) and their less-than-linear direction towards minimalism. But don’t let the term “association” lull you into thinking these are passive folks. No way! They’re the passion and drive behind the Atlanta and Florida Tiny House Festivals and Michelle is positively giddy that she’ll be joining the crazy party in March. Maybe you should too!!??
http://unitedtinyhouse.com/
#E76 Living Tiny Down Under – with Darren and Lisa
It’s not often that we get to interview tiny house enthusiasts on other continents, so this week we’re THRILLED to feature two very influential and dedicated individuals from Down Under; Darren and Lisa from Tiny Houses Australia. Even Michelle is a little jealous of the following these two have amassed since they ventured onto the tiny house scene. We think that ANY story told with an Australian accent is fun to listen to and this one is no exception. Listen in this week while we discuss relationships in tiny spaces, the unique challenges of building and living in tiny houses in Australia, as well as some common themes heard no matter what country you’re parking in. They may not have all the TV shows we do, or the Festivals and Jamborees and Conferences that we do, but they’ve got the same real estate and zoning challenges we have here in the US and are enthusiastically facing them with the same change-is-good attitude.
http://www.tinyhousesaustralia.com/
#E74 "Minimalism Is The New Black with Joshua Becker"
"Nuff' said"
E73 Riding Along on A Reclaimed Adventure That Leads to Love and Buns with Jess and Dan Sullivan
Many tiny house enthusiasts start out with the the notion that they’ll build a tiny house using reclaimed materials to save money. This certainly MAKES sense. The reality of that plan, however, is often difficult to implement as Jess and Dan Sullivan will explain on this week’s episode. But, despite the challenges, they proudly report to having used 40% reclaimed materials on their utility-free tiny house. But now, they’re moving on. What? Say it isn’t so! Listen in this week while this fun couple talks about what’s it like to live with someone, full time, in a house with no plumbing. And this fun conversation doesn’t stop there. What early life experiences led to their “Ah Ha” moment that then lead to their tiny house? How does this power couple balance the power in their relationship? And, why oh why did they sell their tiny house!? (Noooo!!!????)…..and speaking of “Noooooo!!!???”.....We certainly hope that our listeners appreciate the crass and irreverent nature of our show. With that said, however, you might NOT want to turn up the volume at work for the opening banter on this episode. Consider yourself warned. Or intrigued. You pick.
www.facebook.com/anothertinyhousestory
E72 Jamaica or BUST!! with Domenic Mangano
When we think of Jamaica we certainly don’t think of a small town in Vermont but that’s where we’ll be podcast partying this week. (insert steel drum sound bite here) This week we’re chatting with the Jamaica Cottage Shop’s Founder, Domenic Mangano, and delving into the transforming world of backyard sheds, cottages, chicken coops, playhouses, DIY tiny house kits, and his uber creative vision for his own tiny corner of the tiny house world. His operation, however, is anything but tiny! We’re always somewhat surprised (but by now we really shouldn’t be) by the common thread that connects all tiny house enthusiasts. And this week Domemic is weaving a colorful story that incorporates a love of nature and everything outdoors, a desire for a healthier planet, a very creative outlook on cottage design and life, a die-hard work ethic, and optimism for the growth of the tiny house movement at large. Seriously.This guy knows his shit and it shows in everything he does! Vermont may be cold, but after this conversation, we’re all warmed up now! Smiles and laughter has a way of doing that to us.
http://jamaicacottageshop.com/
#70 Trying to Keep Up with Darin Zaruba
Few people in the tiny house movement have has as great of an impact as our guest this week, Darin Zaruba. While he tends to prefer to remain very much in the background, his conviction is front-and-center-evident during his brain-child-event “The Tiny House Jamboree”. (both of them!) And that’s not the only major project he has on his plate! As the President of Eco Cabins, and now the Publisher of Turning Tiny (now available as an e-book, just in time for Christmas!) he noticed, early, the opportunities that the movement would bring and didn’t hesitate a moment to get involved and out in front of the not-really-tiny wave of interest. If you’re a facebook stalker like Michelle is, you’ve no doubt noticed him lobbying far and wide and often for better coding and zoning that will allow tiny houses to finally be legal. Darin is seemingly everywhere that tiny houses are and sometimes we wonder if he has a twin or a clone! His energy is contagious, his creative side is admirable, and his drive is unstoppable. (Psst…..if you listen real closely, you might hear the latest scoop about the location for the next Jamboree…. Sshhh, it’s a secret!)
http://www.ecocabins.com/
http://turningtiny.com/
#69 Homesteading, Afro Latina Style, with Bonnielee and her Rooster
We first met Bonnielee at the Tiny House Jamboree and were pretty happy that she set aside some time this week to chat with us about her own personal journey to tiny house living with her son in the mountains of Tennessee. Armed with a journalism degree, a particularly keen sense of fashion, and an eye for beauty; she finally found her peace and place on 15 acres far from where her adult journey began. After growing tired of the fast pace of New York City and a life changing divorce, she found solace and inspiration in an unexpected spot. Her love of animals and the outdoors is what drives her and we love her creative advice on how others might follow in her homesteading footsteps. We know you’ll be inspired by her story AND her Rooster’s insistence that he really should have been the star of this week’s interview. Cock-a-Doodle-Doo!
http://bohemianecolove.com/
http://withlovebonnielee.com/
#68 Welcoming Portland’s Newest Hotelie’s at The Tiny Digs Hotel
OMG! We already LOVE Pam and Bruce and Allison and we just met them! This week we’re cuddled up in the cozy living room of one of the tiny houses at the newest addition to Portland’s Hotel Scene; The Tiny Digs Hotel. All 6 of us. Too fun! This hotel has a huge dose of charm, lots of open space, and (so far) 5 tiny houses. Whether you're a fan of modern aesthetics, or love a good old fashioned barn raising, you’ll find a tiny house that is guaranteed to provide you a fun and unique overnight stay! You might think this will be just like another tiny house hotel’s story but his week’s interview is not without a few surprises. (Spoiler Alert! We were shocked to hear that the entire project, from idea to Grand Opening, took only 12 months!?) If you have ever wondered how “serendipitous” really works, listen in this week while these lovely friends share their story of meeting, meeting again, realizing they were meant to be partners, and then jumping in HEAD FIRST to the tiny house hotel world by ordering trailers before they even had a place to put them. We can’t wait to see what’s next for this tiny, but growing, collection of tiny houses built with the traveler in mind.
http://www.tinydigshotel.com/
#67 Joining the Mile High Club with Bruce Campbell
In the tiny house world we tend to think we’re the only ones with problems moving our houses. But, now we know better. This week we were quite surprised, and entertained, by Bruce’s story about why he decided to move into a retired Boeing jetliner, how he moved it, what he did with the leftover parts, and why the nose of his “house” appears to be precariously perched on a pile of pallets. One third Engineer, one third Artist, and one third Passionate Music Enthusiast; Bruce literally lives on the cutting edge of the Reuse and Recycle Movement. And, he’s not stopping there. What’s next for this retired world traveler? How do you fit a musical performance onto the wing of an airplane? And what actually happens to the hundreds of aircraft that are retired from service every year? If you love small space stories with an reclaimed aerospace twist, you’ll love this unrivaled story of efficient use of space, and a few fun aircraft puns thrown in for good measure.
http://www.concertonawing.com/
#66 Making Difficult Decisions with Ethan Waldman
It was bound to happen. Michelle traveled to Tiny House Summer Camp in Vermont and met a few new friends? Say it ain’t so!? And, since she was there “on assignment” the podcast crew was pretty happy that she came back with more than just a few souvenirs. This week we’re interviewing Ethan Waldman, a cool and funny speaker at that now infamous backwoods event (and many other events) and a pioneer in the tiny house movement. Even if you’ve never met him, however, you most certainly know about his very famous e-book “Tiny House Decisions”. In it, he not only explains all of the various “decisions” and options a tiny house builder faces, but which ones he chose, and (surprising to us) which ones’ he regrets. We can’t imagine tiny living in the frigid temperatures of Vermont in Winter but he not only does, he teaches others how to! Ear candy is a given, this week, when you listen to Ethan tell us how he balances tiny country life, condo city life, working from home, and all about his latest life addition; his adoring wife. Awwww….. We really do love a good tiny house story with such a happy and romantic twist.
http://www.thetinyhouse.net/
#65 Flying Under the Radar with Celeste
We really LOVE having live studio guests and this week was especially fun! Michelle’s friend Celeste just got her tiny house delivered and we couldn’t be more happy for her. She’s not a blogger, or a builder, or a speaker (so, no, you can’t Google her) but she’s a fun, creative, driven, and focused professional, livin’ in a secret corner of Oregon; with a great story to tell about her decision to go tiny. How did she decide which builder to choose? Why didn’t she build her own? Where and how did she get financing? What has been her biggest challenge so far? How has living tiny affected her view of the future? Celeste has so much in common with many of our tiny house podcast listeners and we think you’ll get a lot of great info and inspiration from this “Lady on the DL”.
#64 Turning A Hobby into a Jobby with Lisa Flynn
Need a good excuse to shop? Looking for an amazingly fun way to make a living? Love lemonade? We’re thinking you would love doing what our guest at Beautiful Wrecks does. Their mantra is “Stay, Play, or Take it Away” and we love the idea so much we’re not sure which we’ll choose. This week’s interview with Lisa was so fun, we’re already planning a trip to Bend Oregon to tour her amazing collection of vintage trailers at what she calls “Rancho Del-Wrecko”. Lisa describes herself as a pathological risk taker but we wouldn’t mind coming along on “Mr Toad’s Wild Ride” with her at the wheel not one little bit. Hearing her describe her Summer of Fun, made us nostalgic. Listening to her story about how her father influenced her creative side, and how she learned to focus on what’s more important than Family, Life, and Country; helped us appreciate again how our own hard lives have made us better people. Don’t really have the time to listen this week? Need the Cliff Notes version of our show this week? “Do something now. Commit to it. Focus on the goal. And, it’s OK to change your mind.”
http://beautifulwrecks.com/about-us/
#63 California Dreaming, Fresno Style with Nick and Pat from California Tiny House
When great minds think alike, and then great minds partner up, great things happen. And when our guests this week partnered with their local municipality to advocate for allowing tiny houses to be legally used as accessory dwelling units (ADU’s) REALLY great things happened! Despite their workload and backlog, Nick and Pat from California Tiny Homes took time to chat with us this week about the groundbreaking progress that is being made, and has already been made, towards legalizing tiny homes on towns across the US. This duo, along with other Fresno area advocates, have created a true tiny house win/win situation; builders who no longer have to worry about where their customers will park their tiny house. And, we think it’s a brilliant model worth noting, and following. And we’re not the only ones. Zach brought them along to the Jamboree stage to share a bit of their story, but certainly left us wanting more. So if you too are looking for the rest of this story, we’re more than happy to oblige.
http://www.californiatinyhouse.com/
Living, Breathing, and Building Wind River Tiny Houses With Jeremy Weaver
Ladies and Gentlemen, meet the one and only builder (that we know of) who actually lives in a tiny house on wheels and builds them as well! I know. No way!? Here at the podcast we have a bit of a tongue-in-cheek approach to “posers”. (aka: People who are active in the tiny house movement but don’t live in one) And while we appreciate that living tiny is not for everyone, even if the tiny house movement is, we also certainly and most indubitably appreciate a builder who lives in a tiny house on wheels and the unique perspective that provides. This week we’re talking with Jeremy Weaver, Owner and Chief Builder (our words, not his) at Wind Rivers Homes about the challenges of building not only houses, but communities for these houses to park. How has living in a tiny house influenced his sense of design? How does a 6’6” guy who weighs 225 lbs actually FIT in a tiny house? What does Wind River homes see in the future that maybe we don’t? How has zoning, and building codes, affected their builds and plans for growing their tiny house business? You’ll just have to listen to find out. Sorry. There’s no cheat sheet at the end of THIS chapter. :o)~
#61 Where in the World is Jet Set Frieda Bakker?
If you’ve ever met Frieda, you know she’s an active and creative type who’s not about to settle for a “normal” existence. If you haven’t met her, you’ll certainly want to after hearing this week’s episode about the challenges of living in or building a tiny house abroad, or more specifically, in the Netherlands. (Good luck finding her though, she’s literally straddling two countries!) Here in the US, although the tiny house is still a growing movement, we are blessed with so many builders and places to put them. However, even if Europeans have been living in tiny apartments all their lives and they “so get” the tiny space living “thing”, they have fewer resources than the US does when it comes to building a tiny house on wheels. What if you want to live tiny in Europe AND be mobile? Will Frieda move permanently to the US in pursuit of her tiny dream? What impact will living in a tiny house have on her life, her job, and her future? How has her past influenced her decision to commute, several times a year, between continents; in pursuit of her tiny living dream? You’ll never know unless you tune in!
#60 All Aboard the Web Express with Ben McKinley
This week we interview THE guy who gets to work in THE coolest, funkiest, most fun, most creative, and most hipsterish workplace in all of Portland. If you're a fan of all things tiny, and unique; you'll want to hear all about Ben's adventures while permitting, remodeling, moving and then moving into three rail cars that were originally built in 1947 but now house his staff and two other creative think tank companies as well. And, in true Portland fashion, BEER takes the center stage in a story about this office's most stressful day EVER! The further we venture off the tiny house path, the more we discover how much that tiny house enthusiasts have in common with anyone who lives or works in an unconventional space. So if you love the outdoors, re-thinking old spaces in new ways, you already know how to use a composting toilet, and you DON'T live or work in a tiny space yet....well....why NOT!?
#59 Living With Our Family in a Tiny House Jamboree Special Episode #3
The tiny house movement is pretty big, and growing. And, within the movement is a much smaller subset of people who actually live in tiny houses. But, and rarer still, are the families who live in tiny houses. We were thrilled to actually capture Macy Miller and Kim Kasl at the Jamboree for long enough to talk about the challenges and rewards of living with small children in a tiny house. Do they feel guilty for not participating in “Mommy Consumerism”? How do they find private time, and maintain balance in their relationships? So much toddler energy, so little space, does the limited space drive them nuts? We ask these, and many more engaging questions, and we expect that you might be as surprised by their answers as we are!
#58 Diversity in the Tiny House Movement Jamboree Special Edition #2
You might have guessed by now that the podcast crew does not shy away from a good debate. And, we’re not afraid to ask tough questions. And no time in our short history of interviews have we proven that more, than during this week’s Jamboree interview with Jewel, Bonnielee, and Dominique; The Tiny House Trailblazers. Their purpose is to highlight the stories of tiny house people of all colors and walks of life and to share stories about the unique challenges they face. But, who’d thunk that our conversation would get so heated? (In a friendly kind of way, of course.) Is Michelle oblivious to the plight of the African American community, or naïve? Is a gesture by a neighbor, after a potential confrontation, laudable or justifiably dismissed? How do we engage and encourage diversity in the tiny house movement? Tune in this week and prepare to hear diverse engagement, in all its uncomfortable glory, in action.
#57 Thinking Outside the Tiny House Box Jamboree Special Edition #1
Get ready to split your pants with laughter for this week’s irreverent interview with two of the funniest guys in the tiny house movement, Andrew Odom and Deek. These two know each other better than even THEY would like to admit so the banter, questions, answers, rap lyrics, and information is as engaging and funny as it can possibly be. Getting ready for the Jamboree was work, work, work. But this first Special Edition interview at the Jamboree made all the work worth it. Does living in an RV guarantee that one will be immediately and dramatically kicked out of the tiny house “club”? Do either of them regret their lifestyle choices of NOT living in a tiny house? We promise. The only thing that could have made this interview more fun would have been a bottle of bourbon. (Hey! Andrew! For the next interview, YOU’RE BRINGING IT, RIGHT!?)
#56 Tracey Powell’s Modern, Tiny, Blissful Waves on Wheels
At first glance, Tracey’s house looks like it just returned in time from an episode of “Back to The Tiny House Future”. Honestly, we have never seen anything like it and her story is just as original as her vision. If your taste leans towards Modern Minimalist and you’re not a fan of all the barn wood encrusted, cabin-like tiny houses you’ve seen, you’ll LOVE the ideas and materials she has incorporated in her ultra-modern tiny house on wheels. External insulation? Yep! TWO breaker boxes? Check! A porch and stairs to dream about? Got it! An Incinolet toilet? It’s in there. Listen in this week while we chat about how her new life is everything she dreamed about while growing up in an RV with her family. Now THERE’s a storyline twist we didn’t expect.
#55 Peter Moore’s Tiny House Village as Old As Time
Looking for a relaxing weekend away from it all? Longing for a simpler time? An off grid vacation experience? Breitenbush doesn’t exactly advertise their tiny house accommodations but Perry was impressed enough with them when he went there to relax and recharge, that we invited the General Manager, Peter, on our show. So, what’s it like to maintain a tiny house village that may well be the oldest in the country? Do they face the same coding and zoning challenges that new tiny house communities face? How do they keep up with the tens of thousands of annual visitors and still maintain a quiet and communal experience for all? And, does everyone really get naked in the hot springs? (Did Perry?) Tune in this week and you might just be inspired enough to ditch the bathing suit and dive in to this unique tiny house vacation experience for yourself.
#54 Never Compromise and Never Settle with David Latimer
Space really isn’t the new frontier for this philosopher turned tiny house builder. The new frontier is the one that David Latimer is building with his team of amazingly talented artistic builder friends. You may recognize him from the TV show “Tiny House, Big Living” or maybe you met him at the 2015 Jamboree where it all started. Regardless, we’re here to report that in less than 12 months he’s gone from “lookie-loo” to full on “builder guy”. We don’t know about you but we’re really impressed with what he’s been up to. David and his crew are, no doubt, well on their way to becoming the brightest stars in the tiny house movement. Check out their press page! Whoa! We’re almost embarrassed that it took us so long to get him on our show. New Frontier houses are an impressive combination of beautiful and rugged, and David’s ideas for the future reflects his introspective look at society as a whole. We’ve heard more than a few stories of people who have walked away from the high life to join the tiny house movement, but this one just might be our favorite. OK, maybe it’s just Michelle’s favorite. But, really, who can blame her? Have you seen this guy smile?
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Michał Haratyk Heaves Impressive 22.32m Again To Win Shot Put In Cetniewo
By Steve Campbell August 3, 2019 August 3, 2019
CETNIEWO, Poland — European champion Michał Haratyk equaled the biggest heaved of his career so far to win the men’s Shot Put at the Kamila Skolimowska Memorial Throws Festival in Cetniewo, on Saturday (3).
Sally Pearson Set To Race At Great North CityGames
By Christopher George August 3, 2019 August 3, 2019
LONDON — World 100 meters hurdles champion Sally Pearson will race at this year’s Great North CityGames as the organisers announced that exciting street athletics event will move to a new location.
China’s Gong Lijiao Targets World Shot Put Title Defense
SHENYANG, China — World champion Gong Lijiao is hoping to retain her title at the 2019 IAAF World Championships in Doha, later this year.
Xie Zhenye Runs 10.03, Gong Lijiao Wins Shot Put: China’s World Championships Trials
SHENYANG, China — Xie Zhenye clocked a brisk 10.03 seconds to win the 100 meters at China’s 2019 World Championships trials in the city of Shenyang on Friday.
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Golden Age Blog28 February,2015Forsaken
Mad Science – Corrupt Them While They’re Young!
Written by: Julian Van de Kamp Mad scientists are born genetically grown in a lab, not made. If you suspect you’ve got a little mad scientists in the family, why not give them the tools they need to grow up and become the most evil mad scientists of them all, right from an early age?…
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Victorian Sci-fi Theatre: Hallowe’en Edition
Here’s a few steampunk horror films for your Halloween… First up is Jasper Morello, the first episode of an animated series available only in New Zealand. A worldwide release is expected after the four episode series is complete. Following this is Fallen Art, a super twisted CG animation from Poland. In an old forgotten military…
Steampunks for Obama
This is a bit dated, but still relevant as the election hasn’t taken place yet. Posting on the steamfashion LiveJournal group, a steamer by the name of Lux Alexander created the pin seen above after his friend complained that a store selling election buttons had specialty buttons for just about every special interest group except…
The World of Gatheryn
Since posting about the forthcoming MMORPG Air, I’ve discovered another online steampunk game that is in the works and will be much released sooner. The World of Gatheryn will begin beta testing in Spring 2009 and will be geared more for the casual gamer than most MMO’s have been lately. Founded in 2006, MindFuse Games…
AIR – A Forthcoming Steampunk MMORPG
Captain Robert of Abney Park posted in his LiveJournal yesterday that he is going to be involved in the game design and creating a soundtrack for the forthcoming MMORPG, Air. Little is known about the game so far, as it seems the project had been secret up until now. The concept is that the game…
Victorian Sci-fi Theatre: HP Lovecraft Films
I’m introducing a new recurring feature in this blog called “Victorian Sci-fi Theatre,” where every so often, I will post the latest and greatest of Steampunk short films. Submissions are welcome by emailing me at captain_jules@wingsofsteam.net. Our debut episode of Victorian Sci-fi Theatre features two films that were shown last weekend at the HP Lovecraft…
Steampunk on MTV
MTV had a recent article on steampunk, reporting on the growth of the movement as a subculture. As is to be expected, MTV focused the mainly on the fashion and music aspects of the culture and didn’t mention steampunk’s ideals at all. They also made a few mistakes, misspelling Jake Von Slatt’s name and making…
Update on the Airship Ride with Abney Park
Further developments on the aforementioned October 31st airship ride that Abney Park is taking fans on: The band put tickets on sale today at 12 pm, pst. Tickets will be on sale for two weeks or until all are sold. There are “very few” available, but ticket prices are $785 dollars each. Tickets can be…
Steampunk is Alive and Steaming
Referrenced Material There’s no doubt steampunk as a subculture has gained a lot of momentum. But stating that steampunk has gone mainstream is as rediculous as claiming that it has jumped the shark or has otherwise died. As with any sub-category of culture that begins with an underground following, steampunk is bound to become popular….
Abney Park to take Fans on Historic Airship Ride
On October 31st, Airship Ventures will be launching the first commercial airship flight in the US in over 70 years. Abney Park will be along for the ride and is planning a historic mid-flight performance over the San Fransisco Bay. At the time of this posting, Abney Park’s website states that eight seats are still…
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Tetradecanoyl phorbol acetate induces expression of Toll-like receptor 2 in U937 cells: Involvement of PKC, ERK, and NF-κB Academic Article
Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases
Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
Protein Kinase C
Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate
Toll-like receptors (TLRs) have been identified recently as crucial signaling receptors mediating the innate immune recognition. Though induction of TLR2 or TLR4 by 12-O-tetradecanoyl phorbol 13-acetate (TPA) in leukemia cells has been reported, however, the mechanism by which TPA up-regulates TLR2 or TLR4 remains poorly understood. In this study, we investigated the effect of TPA on induction of TLR2 in U937 cells. TPA markedly induced TLR2 mRNA and protein expressions. TLR2 expression in response to TPA was attenuated by pretreatments with GF109203X and Go6976 (inhibitors of protein kinase C (PKC)) and PD98059 (an inhibitor of extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERKs)), but not SB203580 (an inhibitor of p38s) and SP600125 (an inhibitor of c-Jun N-terminal kinases), suggesting involvement of PKC and ERKs in this response. Moreover, TPA-induced PKC activation was linked to generation of reactive oxygen species, which were dispensable for TLR2 expression in U937 cells. Pretreatments with GF109203X blocked TPA-induced phosphorylation of ERKs, suggesting activation of ERKs by PKC. In addition, TPA induced nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) activation, which was shown by increased nuclear translocation of p65 NF-kappaB and degradation of IkappaB-alpha, a NF-kappaB inhibitory protein. Importantly, TPA-induced TLR2 expression was inhibited by blockage of NF-kappaB activation using NF-kappaB inhibitors, including MG132 and BAY11-7085. Specifically, TPA-induced nuclear translocation of NF-kappaB was effectively attenuated by GF109203X and PD98059, suggesting PKC and ERK regulation of NF-kappaB nuclear localization in response to TPA. Together, these results suggest that TPA-induced TLR2 expression in U937 cells may be at least in part mediated through activation of PKC and ERKs as well as NF-kappaB transcription factor, and that cross-talk between PKC or ERKs and NF-kappaB may exist.
Jang, Byeong Churl
Jung, Tae Young
Paik, Jihye
Kwon, Young Kyu
Shin, Sang Woo
Kim, Sang Pyo
Ha, Jung Sook
Suh, Min Ho
Suh, Seong Il
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Ghoulies II (1988)
... aka: Duhovi II (Ghosts II)
... aka: Ghoulies 2
... aka: Ghoulies II: Il principe degli scherzi (Ghoulies II: The Prince of Jokes)
Ned Prentice (Royal Dano), formerly a stage magician called "The Great Fausto" but now a washed-up, grumpy old drunk, runs a traveling carnival spook show called Satan's Den. His teenage nephew Larry (Damon Martin) has decided to tag along with him for the summer in hopes of learning the magic / carnival trade and ends up having to both pull all of the weight and keep the showing going. He's helped by dwarf Sir Nigel Penneyweight (Phil Fondacaro), a Shakespearean actor who used to perform at the Old Vic but is now slumming dressing up in monster costumes. Little do they know, but they're about to get some unwanted additional help when they pull their overheating truck into a closed gas station late one night. Prior to their arrival, a priest (Anthony Dawson) being chased by some red-cloaked gnomes ducked into the station and threw a bag full of ghoulie demon puppets into a smoking drum labeled "extremely toxic." However, the corrosive waste didn't even phase the critters and one managed to knock him into the barrel, quickly reducing him to a skeleton. Attracted by the horror art on the side of the Satan's Den truck, the ghoulies decide they've found a new home and quietly sneak on board.
Ned, Larry and Nigel arrive in the small town of Greenville and start setting up with the rest of the acts. Head of accounting Phillip Hardin (J. Downing), whose father owns Hardin Enterprises, shows up to audit all of the company's holdings, which include the carnival. And he's planning on shutting down any act that doesn't show a profit by the time he leaves. That puts added pressure on the old fashioned Satan's Den, which hasn't been performing well for the past 16 months since contemporary kids can get all of the monsters and gory thrills they want at the local cinema. If they're not able to pull it around in a couple of days, Phillip's going to replace them with a ladies mud wrestling tent. However, never underestimate to power of mischievous, murderous little demons to help boost your sales!
After a couple of little boys encounter one of the ghoulies, which spits sticky green goop and chews through a ninja star, word gets around and soon everyone's flocking to Satan's Den to see them. Some customers don't make it to the exit. There's death by razor, pendulum and electrocution, but most of the mild carnage takes place during the big finale when the ghoulies decide to leave the spook show and wreak havoc on the entire carnival. There are some fun bits involving the rides and carnival booths, including bumper cars, the shooting gallery, the dunk tank and ring the bell. One even removes a screw holding a ride together, sending the car two people are riding in flying off. During the finale, a spell book is used to conjure up a "demonic intercessor," which is basically a big man-in-a-suit ghoulie that runs around eating the smaller ones.
Even though they're basically stuck with a bunch of sub-Gremlins gags, the creatures are given more screen time and more to do here, which is an improvement over the original. They also made the smart decision to only feature five of them, each patterned after a regular animal, which helps give each a bit more personality. There's a bat one that flies, a rat one that spits green slime, a cat one that can imitate a cat's meow to lure victims, one that looks like a baby doll crossed with a fish and a squatty one that (I think) is supposed to look like an alligator. They head bang to W.A.S.P. (who even released a tie-in Ghoulies music video for "Scream Until You Like It"), give each other high five's, laugh, belch and do other silly things in between killings. Of course this is all incredibly silly and juvenile, but creating something that would appeal to young teens was, I think, obviously the whole point here.
Filmed at Empire Studios in Rome, this utilized a mostly Italian crew and mostly Italian actors serving as extras and filling some of the smaller parts, including former spaghetti western regular Romano Puppo as the strongman. The DOP was Sergio Salvati, veteran of many Lucio Fulci films. John Carl Buechler was again in charge of the creature design and, though he sticks closely to the designs of the first film, they're given a bit more mobility this time out, which is helped even further by a few stop motion animations courtesy of David Allen. Charles Band was the executive producer and Dennis Paoli (Re-Animator) wrote the script.
The cast is littered with familiar faces from 80s horror, including a wasted Starr Andreeff (Dance of the Damned), William Butler (Friday the 13th Part VII) and Sasha Jenson (Halloween 4) as some of the obnoxious teens, Kerry Remsen (Pumpkinhead) as the harem dancer love interest, Donnie Jeffcoat as a cynical, foul-mouthed little kid (so basically the same role he had in NIGHT OF THE DEMONS), fx man Michael Deak as a clown who gets his arm torn off, Dale Wyatt as a dancer, Donald Hodson and Mickey Knox.
While this was given a limited theatrical release, it did most of its business on home video and cable. A tiny bit of gore was removed to secure a PG-13 rating, which not only helped get this regular play on cable, but also made it perfect filler for premium movie channels that were always desperate for PG and PG-13 films they could run before 8pm. This one fit the bill so it was on TV all the time back in the day. There have been multiple DVD releases, plus a 2015 Blu-ray courtesy of Shout! Factory, which comes with the 17 minute documentary short Ghoulies II: More Toilets, More Terror.
Labels: Albert Band, carnival/circus, Charles Band, demon, dismemberment, John Carl Buechler, mini-monster, monster, razor, Royal Dano, sequel, Starr Andreeff
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Ha ha, right. The author is actually brave.
Plus, the Emperor seems to be considering of disclosing some of historical secrets in the future days.
The Imperial Household Agency is reluctant to permit to excavate ancient tombs that they designated as of the imperial family.
I believe when the Emperor decides to disclose, those tombs will be excavated. I heard basic research on some of the tombs started recently.
According to Ishi's book, famed Kusanagi no tsurugi is now hidden in the Atsuta Shirine.
During WW2, some priests secretly exposed it, and left a written record stating that it looked like "fish bone" and has dull white shine. If this were to be right, Ishi speculated this is a Chinese warring states period sword made out of white copper, alloy of copper and tin. Getting back to Toya's book, the Atsuta Shrine was established by the Wu or Yue origin group came to Japan by taking Kuroshio current.
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G'day Wataru,
That is the first I have heard of any report that someone has seen the Emporers sword! I always thought the Emperors sword looked like a seven branch Chinese sword. That would explain a description of a "Fish Bone shape". A dull white polish could also indicate cast iron which would not polish to a high shine. Especially in an ancient "white" polish. Hhhmm... any diagrams exist?
Very interested to see what comes of the Kofun tomb archeology when it finally occurs. I wonder what types of weapons will be unearthed.
The imperial sword at Atsuta is actually the one worshiped by the clan formed the Atsuta group. According to Toya's book, these people also came from southern China by the Kuroshio current. Thus, this one can be of the Warring States era bronze sword made for special ritual. As you know, we do not know Chinese bronze blades made out of white copper.
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White bronze has typically been used (during the Bronze Age) for special objects. Here is an Iranian war axe/hammer. I show this to get an idea of how this alloy appears.
From the article accompanying the axe.
With origins dating back to pre-history, the empire of ancient Iran was one of the world's first superpower civilizations by the time it had taken form in the second millennium B.C.. The various cultures that can be included in the former ancient Iranian Empire stretched across an enormous geographical region extending beyond what is called the Iranian Plateau. To gain insight as to just how large this area was, the Iranian Plateau alone, includes Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan and comprises approximately nearly 4 million square kilometers (almost 1.5 million square miles). The area of ancient Iran included not only the massive Iranian plateau made up of the tribes of the Medes, Persians, Bactrians and Parthians, but also included groups as far west as the Scythians (an eastern Scythian tribe existed in parallel in Central Asia), Sarmartians, Cimmerians and Alans populating the steppes north of the Black Sea. To the eastern boundary of the empire, the Saka tribes dominated, spreading as far as Xinjiang, China. From a very early period, the ancient Iranian peoples have been historically documented to exist in two separate continuums - a western civilization (Persia) and an eastern civilization (Scythia).
The beginnings of ancient Iran trace back to an influx into the Iranian cultural region of bands of horse-mounted steppe nomads from Central Asia, speaking Indo-European languages. Some settled in eastern Iran but other groups migrated deeper to the west settling in the Zagros Mountains. These first people descended from the proto-Iranians, originating from the Central Asian Bronze age culture of what is called the Bactria-Margiana Complex (aka Oxus Civilization), dated 2200-1700 B.C..
This historical achievements and the breadth of diverse cultures included of this once great empire are too vast to adequately credit in this brief synopsis. The Islamic conquest of Persia in the middle of the 7th century A.D. and the collapse of the Sassanid Empire marked the end of once geographically expansive and culturally diverse ancient superpower.
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As an aside, there may be a gem of truth behind the myth that the Kusanagi no tsurugi came from the "tail of a dragon". From as early as the Spring and Autumn period in China the government run an arms factory at Longquan, present day Lishui, here is the google map.
https://maps.google.com.au/maps?oe=UTF- ... CCAQ8gEwAA
The name Longquan means "Dragon Spring" , the town is located at the source waters of the "Dragon Lake" . As you can see from the map the long lake can be imagined as shaped like a Chinese dragon. The position of Longquan would symbolically be at the "tail" of the dragon" . Thus if the Kusanagi no tsurugi is a Chinese sword from the Warring States period it would likely have come from the smiths forges of Longquan.
Remember the Chinese bronze sword I posted before? This has spine or core directly connected to its grip. In many cases, this part of the bronze swords have different composition from the blades. Such construction method actually originated in ancient Iran.
http://bunka.nii.ac.jp/ResultImage.do
And, please refer to the Yin axe picture linked below.
http://www.antiques-oota.com/file/doki/ ... 0/149.html
I don't know if this is genuine or not, but even if this were a replica, it still shows its original was made from white bronze. This one is thought to be made as an icon of power. Don't you see some kind of similarity?
I didn't know about that.
Hmm, very interesting. Let me brainstorm a bit.
Hi Wataru san, The first link came up, 該当するデータがありませんでした。
There is no relevant data.
The dating for the axe in the second link was a big surprise. They have 11th-14th centuries BC. Whereas white bronze, actually, more a type of brass being composed of copper, zinc and some tin, is what the Iranian axe is made of, the Shang/Yin dynasty axe is made from copper and nickel, according to the text. There are descriptions of the creation of this copper nickel alloy from around 1000 BC in China, called paithong. Apparently there was some zinc content as well. The Shang dynasty pre-dates this somewhat so I would have thought Zhou dynasty period and more likely Warring states period. The types are similar, but, to be not unexpected, that was a highly mobile period. I hope the first link can be repaired. John
Thank you very much for your suggestion. This is the proper link. Please click the photo in order to enlarge it.
http://bunka.nii.ac.jp/SearchDetail.do? ... eId=250143
The axe, I saw it in my hands. It looked very beautiful and beefy. In fact, the metal shined like nickel alloy. The design is like Shang/Yin, but not for sure.
Thank you, that link worked. That is new information for me. I was never aware of an iron core in bronze weapons had been used. I wonder why it was done. Early on iron became economically better for weapons and once the technique for smelting iron ore became common easier to produce. It was predominately these factors that promoted the use of iron (and then steel) over the bronzes. The fact is as you know, bronzes were tough alloys and quite suited to use as weapons. Cold worked bronze held an edge and were in fact tougher to break that steel. Arsenical, stannous or nickle bronzes, all. So what advantage would that core have other than to reduce the amount of bronze needed??!! John
The bronze swords with steel cores, that's another wonder for us, I think.
Well, I consider copper alloys are better forms to keep the weapons fresh. But much heavier than steel. So, such blades maybe innovated to make swords lighter.
In Qing Dynasty, bronze was called "beauty metal" and steel was called "inferior metal." This fact means that bronze was regarded as noble grade and steel was for practical use.
Then, here comes another question. Why steel took over bronze?
One reason I speculate is change in the style of battle. As horses took over the position of chariots, warriors were forced to handle swords while controlling horses. Thus they needed to handle longer lighter swords by one hand. This required lighter form of metal, steel. Plus, horses also brought another innovation, the formation of shinogi. Shinogi liberated the horse riders from the use of shield. I believe this made the warriors much more agile than the bronze equipped forces.
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The home-grown ethos rings true, with the wheat smashed, fermented and distilled before being bottled and labelled on site. It’s a laborious process, but one Sam believes is worth the high-quality drink it produces.
The soon-to-be released gin will feature botanicals including juniper, angelica root, lotus root and lemon myrtle. While wine, beer and cider lovers can also get their hands on a number of SA beverages in the distillery’s tasting room.
A former all-grain beer brewer, Sam was invigorated to open Sunny Hill after touring a number of distilleries throughout Europe with wife Olivia.
The two soon began preparations for the distillery on Sunny Hill Farm, a historic homestead that has been in the Colliver family since 1872.
The couple spent just under a year renovating an old machinery shed to serve as the distillery’s tasting room, which has seen a consistent stream of visitors since opening in December 2018.
“The hardest part was the unknown and not knowing how much traffic we’d get, but the first six weeks have been quite positive,” Sam says.
“I think the locals wanted somewhere different to go and we’re offering an experience you can’t get anywhere else on the [Yorke] Peninsula.”
The distilling team isn’t ready to relax just yet though – plans are already underway to create a range of flavoured vodka and Sam is hopeful to begin whiskey and rum production later in the year.
Yorke Peninsula farmers may also be able to take home a bottle of whiskey made from their own grain, under a barrel investment idea presented by Sunny Hill Distillery.
“We’ll take their grain, malt it, process it and put it in a barrel to age it,” Sam says.
“A lot of farmers don’t get to see the end product of their grain, and it’s something that can be very personal, so we’d like to offer that to the locals.”
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Israeli plot to get New Zealand passports: Israeli Friendly Fires
By Dr Shahid Qureshi :-
The daily Telegraph reported on 16th February 2010: “Mossad hit squads were known to have used forged foreign passports. Canada and New Zealand have both had disputes with Israel in recent years over suspected Mossad agents trying to use forged passports on operations.
The Foreign Office said the British passports were “fraudulent”, while the Irish foreign ministry said it had issued “no such passports” in the names used. A spokesman for the German Government in Berlin said: ‘the passport number on the German document was also fake.
Police in Dubai circulated photographs of the suspects, who used six British passports, three Irish, one German and one French. The Foreign Office was investigating how the identities of six innocent Britons — at least three of whom lived in Israel — came to be used by the alleged hit team. Israel refused to comment on claims that the 11- strong hit squad were its agents, but any admission that it was behind the assassination would threaten Britain’s fragile intelligence-sharing agreement with Mossad.
But it has a chequered history: Margaret Thatcher closed the Mossad operation in Britain in 1987 after it mounted an operation in London to kidnap Mordechai Vanunu, the whistle-blower who revealed secrets about Israel’s nuclear arsenal.”
“A quadriplegic, wheelchair-bound cerebral palsy sufferer was the victim of an alleged plot by Israelis looking to secure a New Zealand passport. The clandestine plan unravelled in the Auckland District Court yesterday when two men appeared in a case fast-tracked in highly unusual circumstances. Papers given to Judge Chris Field showed how suspicious Internal Affairs staff called in police who set a trap.
Defence lawyers Grant Illingworth, QC, and Nigel Faigan, representing Eli Cara and Uriel Zoshe Kelman, consented for the case to proceed to trial although they did not concede there was a prima facie case. According to the police, a third Israeli man, Zev William Barkan, tried to get the passport in the name of the New Zealander.
In unsigned hand-up depositions, a Lynfield GP, Howard Way, told the court that he was visited by a man using the name of the cerebral palsy sufferer. He was suffering from a minor ailment. At the end of the consultation the man, said to be Barkan, asked him to witness his passport application, which he did.
He said he needed a passport urgently to go to Australia to get married. He “was calm and gave me no reason not to believe him. I filled out the form”.
The alleged ruse in the doctor’s surgery was all part of the plot to assume a new identity. A post box and a voicemail phone service were also set up in the name of the victim, whose birth certificate was used to lodge the passport application.
When Internal Affairs staff noticed an irregularity, they rang the applicant. Ian Tingey, an investigations officer with Internal Affairs, said that the applicant had a Canadian or American accent. “When I quizzed him on his accent his explanation to me was he had not travelled or held a New Zealand passport before but had spent a lot of time in New Zealand with Canadian friends and family.”
The officer said that he spoke to the father of the person named in the application who said his son was wheelchair bound and in residential care. Police were tipped off and a covert operation was set up.
According to the police allegations, Barkan left the country and the passport was to be picked up by one of the other two. On March 23 a man contacted the department but refused to pick up the passport personally. He wanted it sent to Auckland Company Travcour, which specialises in obtaining visas and travel documents.
Later that day a man contacted Travcour and told them to courier the passport to an apartment building in St Paul St, Auckland. According to the summary, as the package was delivered to the building, Cara was allegedly keeping watch but did not see the police arrive. The manager of the apartments told police he had received a call from an ex-tenant who asked if a package could be delivered there. He was told that a taxi would be sent to pick it up. When the taxi arrived, Cara was sitting in a nearby cafe, allegedly paying close attention to the taxi driver as he parked.
Cara was himself under surveillance by the police. “As the taxi driver got out of his vehicle and approached the apartment entrance, the defendant Cara got up from his position at the cafe and directly shadowed the taxi driver into the apartments,” the police summary alleges.
The taxi driver had been told to take the package and deliver it to a person with the cerebral palsy victim’s Christian name at an address in Freemans Bay. As the taxi driver picked up the package from the counter, Cara was standing behind him, watching, the police claim.
When Cara went to follow, he was stopped by the police. An officer went with the taxi driver to Freemans Bay. Kelman was allegedly hiding waiting to pick up the package. He walked off quickly and allegedly hid his cellphone in bushes but he too was detained by the police.
According to the police summary neither Cara nor Kelman had an explanation for why they were involved in wanting to obtain the New Zealand passport, nor did they say what their involvement was. They claimed that they did not know each other, but the police say their inquiries contradict this claim.
Further evidence to the court gave details of their time in New Zealand. Michael Zandvoort, of the North Shore, said Kelman, whom he knew as John, told him he had a contract in Europe and would be away for two months, “something to do with West European embassies”.
“John never told me specifics about the company he worked for but it was something to do with security and detecting bugs. “Courtesy: www.nzherald.co.nz
Kofi Anan UNSG said: ‘there is a rise in anti Semitism in the world. Who is to blame for that? Vandals deface Jewish graves in New Zealand reported Reuters on 16 July, 2004, Vandals have smashed headstones and gouged swastikas and Nazi slogans in a Jewish cemetery in New Zealand, a day after Wellington froze ties with Israel over two suspected Israeli spies jailed for trying to obtain a passport by fraud.
Prime Minister Helen Clark said it was not known whether the attacks were linked to the court case and condemned the desecration. She said Israel’s offer of an informal apology for the passport affair was not enough to revive relations.
Vandals attacked 16 graves in the Jewish part of a cemetery in Wellington that dates to the 1880s, a day after Uriel Zoshe Kelman and Eli Cara were jailed for six months for trying to obtain fraudulently a New Zealand passport by assuming the identity of a wheelchair-bound cerebral palsy victim.
“Someone’s used some sort of stick or tool to gouge swastikas into the grass around the graves. Words like ‘Sieg Heil’ have been scratched into the footpath,” a city council spokesman said.
Clark expressed outrage. “But we condemn those actions without reservation,” she told New Zealand radio. The head of the New Zealand Jewish Council said the desecration of the graves was linked to the passport case and the diplomatic sanctions against Israel.
New Zealand frozen all high-level contact between the two countries on Thursday and said the two men were linked to Israeli intelligence service Mossad. New Zealand has small Jewish communities but no history of anti-Semitic behaviour, with only occasional acts of vandalism of Jewish buildings.
Clark said it was possible Israel would wait until the two men had served their sentences before offering any apology. Israel’s Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said on Thursday, ‘Israel was sorry about the incident and would seek to restore relations’.
“The ball is in Israel’s court as to where it wants to move from here,” Clark told the radio. “Three months ago we asked for an apology and an explanation. That has not been forthcoming.”
Australia would consider helping New Zealand and Israel to patch up relations, Prime Minister John Howard said. Howard told Australian radio that he did not want to interfere in the affairs of other countries, but added that he had good relations with Clark and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. Israeli President Moshe Katzav is due to visit Australia next month, but Clark said he will not be allowed to travel to New Zealand as originally planned.
The question any sane person would be asking is this friendship worth having which becomes a liability over and over again? It is like sleeping with the enemy.
(Dr Shahid Qureshi is British Journalist and Security analyst)
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AMBOSELI CONSERVATION PROGRAM
About ACP
The Amboseli Ecosystem
One-stop software programs for ecological monitoring
Victor Mose demonstrating the software applications at a workshop in Bristol, UK
The slow pace of delivering information to decision-makers hinders its application to conservation planners and managers. ACP is developing a fully integrated Windows database with open source software that will speed up the process and be available to all conservation organizations collecting resource data. Victor Mose has in recent months developed most of the software for rapidly entering, analyzing and producing data for use by SORALO, AET, NTRI and DRSRS among others. The platform includes a GIS and other graphical visualization tools to summarize and display the data; open source analytical and statistical packages for rapid evaluation and application of the data, and spatial tools for assessing the trends, drought early-warning systems and the health of ecosystems.
ACP’s ultimate aim for the integrated ecological monitoring and one-stop software program is to produce regular state-of-ecosystem reports of the Kenya-Tanzania borderlands on a Google Earth image for use by participating NGOs and communities.
Victor Mose used the new software to analyze the Laikipia Wildlife Forum (LWF) wildlife count undertaken by DRSRS in May. Victor presented a review of the integrated analytical software at the fourth Spatial Ecology Conference in July 2016 in Bristol, United Kingdom (see details here). The presentation will be submitted in the December 2016 report.
Amboseli wildlife recovery from 2009 drought
Population recovery of wildebeest, zebra and buffalo in Amboseli
The Amboseli Conservation Program (ACP) continues to monitoring wildlife, livestock, settlements and vegetation in the national park and across the ecosystem. David Maitumo conducts regular ground counts and David Western monthly aerial counts of the Amboseli Basin. ACP also commissioned the Department of Resource Surveys and Remote Sensing (DRSRS) to undertake an aerial survey of the 8,500 square kilometre ecosystem in May. The results of the ground and aerial counts are in close agreement, showing strong recovery in wildlife populations over the last three years, following four years of paltry rebound after the population crashes during the 2009 drought.
The recovery of wildlife numbers in the aftermath of the 2009 drought was far slower than in the 1970s drought, due to the larger losses of herbivores and heavier predation levels by lions and hyenas. The lag in recovery shows up in the prolonged low population numbers of zebra, wildebeest and buffalo from 2010 to 2014. The small populations of wildlife caused heavy predation on livestock and growing resentment among herders. The last two years have seen a strong recovery in all herbivores once the numbers breached the predation threshold. The seasonal migrations have also picked up again, as shown in the graph. Of special interest is the resumption of migrations by buffalo, which ceased after elephants open up swamp-edge grazing following compression by poaching in the 1970s. The resumption of seasonal migrations spares buffalo heavy predation in the basin during the rains.
The trends point to a healthy ecological balance returning to the Amboseli ecosystem after the 2009 population crash. With wildlife ungulates approaching their pre-drought levels, carnivores have more wild prey and less need to attack domestic stock. The larger numbers have also precipitate the resumption of strong seasonal migrations during the rains.
The ecosystem-wide surveys commissioned by ACP and conducted by DRSRS in May further confirm the recovery of wildlife numbers. Elephants are back to their pre-drought levels and continue to grow in numbers and expand their range. Zebra numbers have recovered their pre-drought levels of 16,000. Wildebeest numbers have also picked up in the past three years, but at 9,000 still fall short of the pre-drought levels of 17,000.
Aerial surveys of the 8,500 km² Amboseli ecosystem commissioned by ACP in May 2016 show a strong recovery in most populations since the drought of 2009.
Expanding the monitoring program ecosystem-wide
In March 2015 ACP trained up three additional resource assessors to expand the Amboseli ground monitoring across the ecosystem. The expansion covers Selengei, Mbirikani and Kimana Group ranches. Logistically, the expanded coverage is beyond the capacity of ACP. For this reason, ACP called on Big Life to administer and oversee the monitoring on Selengei and Mbirikani. ACC provided two motorbikes to enable the RAs to cover the three group ranches. A Memorandum of Understanding between ACP/ACC and Big Life was drawn up in December 2015. The program was fully operational by December. The ground monitoring now covers the entire Amboseli ecosystem defined by the migratory ungulates.
David Maitumo will continue to mentor and oversee the resource assessor’s field monitoring. The data will be simultaneously logged at ACC and Big Life, and once the Nongotiak Centre is complete at AET.
The final step in setting up and ensuring the sustainability and application of the ecosystem monitoring to planning and management is the preparation of a 5-year MoU between AET and ACP. This will be drawn up once the Nongotiak Resource Centre is complete.
Launch of the Amboseli Nongotiak Resource Centre
Launch of the Amboseli Nongotiak Centre by the Dutch Ambassador, Governor of Kajiado, Director General KWS, local leaders, NGOs and community
Following a lengthy engagement of the community, Ololorashi Ogululu Group Ranch set aside land for the Amboseli Ecosystem Trust resource centre at Nongotiak adjacent to Amboseli National Park in 2015. The land will house the Nongotiak resource centre and a traditional Maasai home-stay for visitors. Once complete, the land will also provide a visitor centre and Maasai cultural centre.
The official launch of the Nontotiak site was held on the 18th March, attended by a large crowd of some 800 community leaders and members gathered in a circle of marquee tents. Dr. David Nkedienye, Governor of Kajiado County, Paul Ntiati, Deputy Governor, the Cabinet Secretary for Lands, County Commissioner, District Commissioner and dozens of other officials attended the launch. The Dutch Ambassador, Frans Makken, was asked to lay the foundation stone for the Amboseli Ecosystem Trust offices, based on the funding the Dutch Government Institutional Support had given for community enterprises through the African Conservation Centre.
The ambassador and governor also officially cut the ribbon opening the Maasai home stay accommodation and congratulated the initiative, led my Joyce Maitumo and the Amboseli Women’s Group. Daniel Lolterish, chairman of Ololorashi Group Ranch and the Amboseli Ecosystem Trust, led he celebrations in saying how important Nongotiak is to the Maasai community as their centre for planning, managing and coordinating AET activities and the Amboseli Ecosystem Management Plan. The plan is a partnership of many organizations with AET as the coordinating and implementing body.
Emmanuel Kanai, chairman of the Amboseli Tsavo Group Ranch Conservation Association, spoke next and was blunt about the hardship the community faces in conserving wildlife and the sacrifices it makes.
“The Maasai have been the real custodians of wildlife in Amboseli, he said, and yet suffer most. Lions and elephants have grown in numbers and no longer fear people. Children can’t go to school, farmers and herders are losing crops and livestock, yet where is the compensation long promised? The lives and livelihoods of the community must come first, then we can afford to tolerate wildlife and guard it as our own. All the promises of compensation made by government are empty. Tolerance for wildlife is dropping fast, for elephants and lions especially,” he said.
The ambassador commented on how important wildlife is for the world, how much the community has done to conserve wildlife, and the role the Dutch government has played in community-based conservation programs in Amboseli, including funding for Nongotiak. Dickson Kaelo, Director of the Kenya Wildlife Conservancy Association, spoke of the need to have more conservancies and improve their management. KWCA is ready to help the Amboseli community.
David Western gave a brief historical review of the pioneering role Amboseli has played in shaping conservation policies and practices in Kenya and around the world, and the challenges it now faces in the rising conflict between development and wildlife conservation, especially over space.
“We must strike a balance, using the Amboseli Ecosystem Management Plan as a start. We must go further to incorporate livestock, agriculture and development as well as physical planning in the AEMP”, he said.
Lucy Waruingi, Director of the African Conservation Centre, reviewed the role ACC has played in Amboseli over the years and its commitment to building community capacity through the Amboseli Ecosystem Trust.
The speech by the new director of Kenya Wildlife Service, Katili’s Mbathi, who arrive in after the launch of the centre and to highlight the Amboseli Ecosystem Management Plan, was read by his deputy. It stressed the importance of the Amboseli Ecosystem Management Plan, co-signed by KWS and AET and supported by the many other organizations involved.
Governor Dr. David Nkedienye was in a frank mood when he addressed the large crowd angry at the toll elephants are taking on farms and infrastructure, and depredations by lions and hyenas on livestock. “The Maasai are getting a raw deal”, he said. “Much as I am a professional conservationist, I am laying it on the line: elephants must be managed if they are to find a place outside parks. How many elephants can Amboseli carry? What plans does KWS have to limit the numbers and contain elephant impact?” he asked.
Katili Mbathi, Director of KWS, read a speech prepared by the Cabinet Secretary for the Environment, Prof. Judi Wakhungu, who was unable to attend until the following day. She reinforced the Ministry’s commitment to address human-wildlife conflict through the county committees.
The meeting was important for several reasons. It rallied the community around its own conservation efforts and solidified the central role Nongotiak will play as a centre for information, planning and oversight of the Amboseli Ecosystem Management Plan. It also gave the community a chance to greet the new KWS director and vent their feelings over the rising levels of conflict. Finally, it gave the new director a window onto the challenges facing KWS as the elephant poaching crisis subsides. The bigger longer-term challenges lie in finding space and a place for wildlife beyond parks--and beyond the conservancies--which have been the sole policy focus of KWS outside parks so far.
Ecosystem monitoring expands to northern Tanzania
The consortium of organization under the Northern Tanzania Rangelands Initiative (NTRI) approached ACP last year with a view to adopting the Amboseli Ecosystem Monitoring Program for all locations under its coverage. ACP conducted a training program at Big Life Centre between August 14th and 16th the same year, through the Borderlands Conservation Initiative. The training workshop included participants from HoneyGuide (HG), Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), Tanzania People and Wildlife (TPW) and Progetto Oikos. The Uaso Nyiro Baboon Project in Kenya also attended. The workshop was conducted by David Western, Victor Mose and David Maitumo from ACP and staff of ACC, with support from the Amboseli Resource Assessors (RA’s), Paul Kasaine, Samuel Lekanaiya and George Sunte. A full report of the workshop was submitted to LCAOF in the Final Report of ACP for 2015.
NTRI included the ecological monitoring program in its proposal to US AID, which was secured in early 2016. NTRI then requested ACP to conducted field training for newly recruited Resource Assessors. Victor Mose, Pete Tyrrell and David Maitumo carried out the RA training for NTRI.
The next phase of RA training and integration of monitoring across the northern Tanzania and Kenya borderlands will take place at the Lale’enok Center in the South Rift late in 2016.
Addressing threats to the Amboseli ecosystem
Woodland restoration plot established by ACP in 2001
The greatest and most imminent threats to the Amboseli ecosystem are:
Land subdivision leading to permanent settlement, fencing and loss of migratory space.
Reduced pasture production and shortening drought intervals due to heavy continuous grazing.
Compression of elephants into Amboseli National Parks and loss of habitat diversity and late season drought reserves in the swamps.
Rising human-wildlife conflict due to a combination of these factors and loss of skills and knowledge for living alongside wildlife.
Countering these threats is the main aim of ACP’s research and conservation work.
Since it initiated the process in 2006, ACP has promoted the Amboseli Ecosystem Management Plan (AEMP) as the basis for tackling the threats. The plan draws on and has been co-signed by the group ranch association and KWS and supported by all major NGOs working in the Amboseli region—ACC, AWF, Big Life, IFAW and MWCT. The plan was formally gazette in 2015, giving it legal standing and teeth. A GEF grant was secured in early 2015 to fund the biodiversity component of the plan. The roles played by the various organizations collaborating on the grant is outlined in the AEMP plan and GEF grant submission sent to LCAOF in previous reports. The GEF start-up was delayed for a year by KWS upheavals. ACP and ACC have, nevertheless, moved ahead on the components of GEF touching on the main threats to the ecosystem.
In the case of the land subdivision threat, ACP is assisting ACC in land use planning on Mbirkani Group Ranch, with a view to expanding the planning to other ranches. The land planning process has gone through several iterations since last year and is currently under review by the group ranch membership. Once completed and adopted, the plan will zone the ranch into different uses. The main use, livestock and wildlife enterprises, will occupy the major portion of the Mbirikani. Under GEF funding, ACC and Big Life will assist the group ranch in preparing grazing practices based on traditional seasonal movement patterns that have broken down for lack of management. Specially trained scouts under Big Life and RAs under ACP/ACC will monitor and enforce grazing practices.
In the case of pasture degradation, ACP wrote up the grant proposal on behalf of AET to secure a Dutch NAGA grant for habitat and pasture restoration. ACP has since assisted KWS and AET in designing and setting up three woodland restoration plots inside the park. It has also helped Ololorashi and Mbirikani Group Ranches establish eight traditional grass banks known as olopololi. The fenced olopololi restore cover on degraded lands adjacent to permanent settlements and are maintained by the community for late season calf grazing. The restoration plots are now complete and will be monitored by the RAs under David Maitumo’s guidance.
In the case of biodiversity loss due to elephant compression, the earlier woodlands plots set up by ACP have been replicated by KWS, Serena, Tortilis Lodge, and in the last year, by the NAGA funded project, making ten in all. GEF funds will add another five or more. In collaboration with AET, ACP has set up a restoration group that will draw up a long-term habitat restoration program for the park and pastoral lands. The recovery of woodlands at the site ACP set up in 2001 has been remarkable. Camera traps recently recorded lesser kudu in the plot, the first siting in the park since the species disappeared with the loss of woodlands in the 1980s.
In the case of human-wildlife conflict, the main tension arises from the growing elephant and lion populations and the expansion of their ranges. The last few years have seen a sharp rise in conflict with farmers and pastoralists. Big Life and other NGOs supporting the Amboseli community scouts have begun turning their attention to the conflict.
In January AET established a HWC group to address the problem following several incidents in which farmers and herders were killed and severely wounded by elephants. The group brings together representatives of the pastoral and farming community, KWS, Big Life, Lion Guardians, IFAW and ACC/ACP to map and anticipate conflicts, draw up preventative and mitigation measures and coordinate action. ACP will take on the role of setting up the data base and helping plot and anticipate conflict areas. The group held its inaugural meeting in March and will focus first on constructing a 35km high-wire electric fence to protect the shambas in Namalog and Kimana east of Amboseli and the expansive farms on the slopes of Kilimanjaro.
The HWC group covers all species and will prepare a generic template for winning space for large herbivores and carnivores and reducing conflict in the borderlands area through the auspices of Borderland Conservation Initiative
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Castle of Torrechiara
Langhirano - Strada Mulino
Between 18 and 24 years, and teachers: 3 €. Free: children. Card of the Duchy € 5 + free guide
March to October: Tuesdays and public holidays 10:30-19:30, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday 8:30-19:30. November to February: Tuesday to Friday 9-17, Saturday and Sunday 10-17.Visite tours by appointment.
INFOLINE: +39 0521 355009
www.comune.langhirano.pr.it
Set on a high perch overlooking the Parma valley, Torrechiara is one of the best preserved fortifications in whole the region. It was built between 1448 and 1460 by Pier Maria Rossi, who had it girded with a triple wall and four corner towers linked by battlemented parapets. Two loggias on the east side were added later. Inside, a fine square bailey abut on arcades and windows trimmed with elaborate Lombard style terracotta moldings.
In the San Nicomede Oratory, at the base of the southeast tower and in the ensuing rooms are several 16th century frescoes attributed to Cesare Baglione and his circle. In the northeast tower, beautiful frescoed halls include an ancient kitchen while in the northern block the Salone degli stemmi was decorated by Baglione, who also executed the fresco cycle in the Salone degli Acrobati (Acrobats Room) in the style of mannerism.
The most striking among the decorated rooms is the Camera d'oro (Golden Room), named after the pure gold that once trimmed the terracotta medallions set into the wall, whose fresco cycle dating to 1462 and attributed to Benedetto Bembo depicts a tale of courtly love and chivalry, recounting the story of Pier Maria Rossi's passion for Bianca Pellegrini. It also carries two entwined hearts and the initials of Bianca and Pier Maria joined by a ribbon bearing the motto Nunc et semper. The Camera d'Oro looks onto the deep loggia built in late 16th century, when the castle lost its defensive purpose and was transformed into a lordly manor.
Art wishes you happy birthday: free access to the museum on your birthday showing the identity card to the ticket office. For further information www.beniculturali.it
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June 2012 Archives
By Paul Klein on June 13, 2012 12:54 PM
I love watching art being installed - and sculpture in particular. I never understood why museums and galleries shut their spaces from public view and post "Closed for Installation" signs. Sure, cordon of the space to protect the art and the people, but let's let the public see what's going on. It makes Art even more exciting.
The brilliant sculptor, Nancy Rubins, is in town from L.A. installing her mind-boggling, gravity defying, big sculpture on the front lawn of Navy Pier, comprised out of something in the neighborhood of 30 discarded canoes.
Every canoe is placed to play off the other canoes, and the environment, space and cityscape. This isn't the kind of art that an artist can have installed in absentia. Important decisions are made every moment to get the art the way Rubins wants it, so that when we look at it we just marvel at the impossibility.
Joesph Tabet is the Producer of Big Art @ Navy Pier, a wonderful Free exhibit of, just that, Big Art. He deserves our thanks for the vision of bringing Nancy Rubins' sculpture to town where it plays off of and romps with a large Roy Lichenstein sculpture of paint brushes and a bright, orange, yet somber, elegant sculpture by Sir Anthony Caro.
The Caro and the Lichtenstein have been in place for a number of weeks, but now is an opportune time to go watch canoes being levitated and to then return to see how Rubins' piece looks completed.
More large scale art will be added during the coming weeks, constituting more opportunities to see and understand how artists work and compose their pieces, as well as the order and and installation logistics necessary to pull off the magic.
Synergies abound.The Lichtenstein at Navy Pier complements the Lichtenstein retrospective at the Art Institute. The entirety of large-scale Navy Pier art resonates with Jessica Stockholder's Color Jam triumph in the Loop at State & Adams. This summer is a particularly good time for art in Chicago.
I'm going back out.
Color Jam
By Paul Klein on June 7, 2012 4:38 PM
Jessica Stockholder is a wonderful, charming, humble, major, highly influential artist who has changed how sculpture is made, perceived and appreciated.
Chicago is fortunate that she moved here, to the University of Chicago, a year ago. (And I am fortunate that she will be participating in a Klein Artist Works webinar in July.)
Unlike most art-related articles I've seen in non-art publications, none of the comments I've seen online is negative. This is remarkable. We have a large work of art that is pushing boundaries, entering new territory, changing the landscape, interacting with the City, altering people's lives and it is being embraced.
Color Jam, at the intersection of State and Adams, is a project enabled by the Chicago Loop Alliance, an organization comprised of Loop businesses who each pay into a fund to augment business(es) in the Loop, and they realize that art has many purposes, of which at least one, is theirs. Kudos and thank you.
This is the 3rd Loop Alliance long-term summer art project. The first was Tony Tasset's huge Eyeball. (Mr. Tasset is also participating in a Klein Artist Works webinar this summer.) The second was Kay Rosen's Do Good Chicago. Color Jam may be the most unequivocally popular, and the Loop Alliance deserves major credit for the level of quality they've embraced.
The Loop Alliance has come to stand for quality - unlike the preposterous, huge, stupid sculpture of the wonderful Marilyn Monroe, or the embarrassing, ridiculous 5-foot golf balls that will line Michigan Avenue in honor of the Ryder Cup later in September. Over 100 of these 5-foot balls will be painted, including one by LeRoy Neiman. And even worse, these balls will be on view during ExpoChicago and the International Sculpture Conference.
But for now, let's celebrate the moment.
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BDO MALTA - Changes to Licensing requirements for Fantasy Sports and similar Skill Games
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By Josef Mercieca, Senior Tax Manager, BDO Malta.
With effect from 1st August 2016, the offering of Fantasy Sports games is exempt from requiring to obtain a licence in terms of the Lotteries and Gaming Act and the Remote Gaming Regulations, meaning that such endeavours may be conducted in and from Malta without the requirement of a licence. The removal of such licence (up to July 2016, a Class 3 licence issued under the Remote Gaming Regulations (S.L. 438.04)) for gaming proposals represents a significant saving in costs incurred by online gaming operators in Fantasy Sports offerings and in particular will avoid the tedious and bureaucratic process of applying for a licence, will reduce ongoing compliance and notification costs and will also trim down the stringent monitoring otherwise carried out by the Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) on licensed operators.
A Fantasy Sports game is a contest played for money or money’s worth whereby the winning outcome is determined predominantly through the skill or knowledge of the player, and where the results are determined by the accumulation of statistical results of the performance of a number of individuals in sporting events.
It is important to note that Fantasy Sports is a different game offering from live sports betting (where punters bet on the outcome of an event or forecast the score, point spread or any other future occurrence of one or multiple events). In fact, live sports betting is and will remain a regulated activity which requires a Class 2 licence issued by the MGA
Moreover, the Maltese Government is committed to introduce legislation to regulate certain skill games which may present increased risks to the consumer. The exemption from the licensing requirement for Fantasy Sports is a temporary measure until the proposed Skill Games Regulations are enacted into law. In fact, the proposed regulations have already been notified to the European Commission as part of the process for the MGA to roll out its licensing framework to regulate such skill-based games, including Fantasy Sports.
The proposed Skill Games Regulations are the aftermath of the “Digital Games of Skill with Prize Position Paper” issued by the MGA in December 2015. Such position paper, which was an avant-garde move by the MGA, distinguishes between skill games which involve an insignificant element of chance on one hand (and where a formal licensing process may not be cost effective vis a vis the desired player protection) and, on the other hand, skill games where the element of chance cannot be considered irrelevant and as such would require an elevated level of scrutiny from the licensing authority to protect punters.
During this temporary period and until the proposed regulatory framework for skill games is put into force, the MGA is receiving interests via ad hoc notifications. This has been done in order to closely monitor these operations and evaluate potential risks to the consumer. Entities offering Fantasy Sports may voluntarily notify their operations to the MGA, and subject to meeting certain general conditions applicable under general law, the operator would be formally recognised by the MGA.
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Also keep in mind that the last study conducted in Texas in 2006 by then Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn found basically similar results. That study revealed that in Texas alone, Latin American immigrant workers in Texas sent about $3.2 billion home to their relatives back home in their native countries, but an overwhelming bulk of the dollars earned by those same immigrants ($68 billion compared to $3.2 billion) stayed in the Texas economy. Overall, the study found that Latin American and Carribean immigrants sent about $30 billion home in 2003.
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Seminar on Pali
Express News Service, March 26, 2007
Pune, India -- THE two-day international seminar on the status of Pali and Buddhist studies began at the University of Pune (UoP) on Monday. The seminar is to overview the condition and growth of this language, to discuss the problems and to search for new direction and horizons in the studies and research.
A major section of the seminar will also be dedicated to the future of Pali and the present state of the language and Buddhist studies in India at different universities particularly Maharashtra.
The seminar was inaugurated by former dean, faculty of arts, Gorakhpur University, Karunesh Shukla . Representatives from Jammu, Delhi University, Calcutta University, Nalanda, Bombay participated in this seminar. Besides, representatives from Sampurnananda Sanskrit Vishvavidyalaya,Varanasi, Nagarjuna University from Andhra Pradesh, Vipasayana centre,Igatpuri. International students from Buddhist studies at the University of Pune (UoP) and other parts of the country participated in the seminar.
M G Dhadphale, honorary secretary, Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute(BORI) delivered the inaugural speech. Two persons from the department of Pali, UoP were felicitated.
The department of Pali along with the department of Sanskrit-Prakrit language UoP and Nav Nalanda Mahavihar, Nalanda had organised the seminar on the occasion of 2550th year of Mahaparinirvan of Buddha.
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Vidar Preview
Evan Schwab January 11, 2017 Features
The game where everyone dies.
From the moment Vidar, an indie RPG from developer Dean Razavi, booted up, I could tell I was about to experience something special. Unique is too simple of a term to use when describing what Vidar could be. Innovation takes the many forms, and Vidar certainly is one. Self-described as the game where everyone dies, Vidar tosses you, the Stranger, into the wintry town of Vidar shortly after an accident left you unconscious. After regaining consciousness, you set off on a subtle adventure of puzzle solving and tragedy.
Presently in its alpha stage on Steam, Vidar plays like your classic, old school RPG from a bygone era – an era of RPG gems and nostalgia. Hoping to capture the essence and beauty of RPGs of old, Vidar crafts an eerie world accompanied by serene piano compositions in the vein of I am Setsuna. Shortly after its dreary opening, you learn the dark secret of Vidar: each member of the village is marked for death, and each night, an entity known as the Beast kills one villager. According to the town, there is no hope remaining.
Vidar spends a good majority of its gameplay presenting the player with various puzzles to overcome. Each time you boot up a run-through, Vidar randomly generates its puzzles, thus creating a fresh experience with each new game. Ranging from simple to mind-bending, the puzzles I’ve faced so far have yet to completely stump me – but there have been plenty to cause me grief. And this is good – Vidar was built as an RPG puzzler; without solid puzzles, the game would fail. To this point, however, Vidar and its puzzles remain successful.
The second aspect that Vidar has built its foundation upon is within its narrative. Since the game is randomly generated each playthrough, each game runs around a fairly unique narrative (while the overall premise is the same, different characters may meet different fates in different orders, thus creating ripples in the narrative timeline. It appears that approximately 24 characters exist with one character set to die each night.
With that said, the narrative of Vidar can change on any given playthrough. For example, if, say, the blacksmith is the first character to die, then those directly related to that character would experience different story arcs depending on who was left. Conversely, if the blacksmith’s apprentice were to perish first, then the blacksmith and others would thus be set with a different narrative. With such a clever and unique approach, it should take players a number of new stories to even have a chance at repeating story elements based on deaths. Why? Because life is unpredictable and unfair. Why do stories change based on the order of deaths? Because we, as humans, approach the matter differently – perhaps with apathy, remorse, cheer, etc. This is something that I have found both intriguing and inspiring in equal measures. The result: a beautiful mixture of tragedy and the study of human behaviors.
My biggest concerns for Vidar involve its gameplay. Remember, Vidar is still in its Alpha phase, meaning much of these issues may be resolved before launch. Until that time, Vidar is filled with clunky character control that often led me off cliffs. For those of you interested in Vidar and aren’t aware, Mr. Razavi built his RPG via RPG Maker VX Ace – which is pretty cool. Unfortunately, it appears that crisp character control is lacking from RPG Maker, so I hope that it is a fixable issue. Still, this particular aspect isn’t a game killer, and you should definitely take Vidar out for a test spin.
With all of this said, I highly recommend at least trying Vidar. If you’re a fan of RPGs, puzzlers, or RPG puzzlers, Vidar may fill a void you didn’t know existed. The sprites and art are unique from RPG Maker, and the soundtrack is worth your time alone. With puzzles that don’t hold your hand and little direction on where to go next, Vidar is not for the faint of heart. Be aware of the few issues I noted earlier in the preview because they are problematic, but they should not detract from the overall experience. Get to the bottom of Vidar’s secrets and stop the Beast from slaying another villager – if you have the smarts to do so.
Set to release in 2017 and green lit on Steam, more information on Vidar can be found on its website. Check out our interview with Dean Razavi soon, and read our review once the game is released.
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Evan Schwab
Evan has been a gamer since birth. He is a high school English teacher with a passion for writing and music, self-publishing a novel in September of 2015 and releasing two albums. He believes in the potential the gaming industry has on impacting literature and art.
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